Guardiola raged at Redmond (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Pep Guardiola was seen angrily talking to Nathan Redmond at full-time after Manchester City narrowly beat Southampton, although the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager insists he was just telling him ‘how good he is’ and that he wanted to see more of him.

A late curling strike from Raheem Sterling secured a 12th straight Premier League win for Guardiola’s team to keep them eight points clear of nearest rivals Manchester United.

Despite the result, Guardiola was caught on camera raging at Southampton attacker Redmond after the full-time whistle.

And he admitted it was due to frustration over time wasting and not playing their natural game.




I was telling Nathan Redmond how good he is at the end,’ he said after the 2-1 win.

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Anyone have any idea what this was all about between Guardiola and Redmond? #MCISOU #MCFC #SaintsFC pic.twitter.com/WG5ve4DBcB — Gridiron Gaffer (@gridirongaffer) November 29, 2017

‘Southampton have some super talented players, Redmond is so good one against one.

‘But they didn’t’ want to play, they were time wasting from the ninth minute. I just wanted them to play.’

Despite his frustration at Southampton’s attitude to facing his side, Guardiola was delighted with the victory.

‘It was an astonishing end to the game,’ he added. ‘It means a lot. They had 10 guys in the box, it was so complicated to attack them.

Guardiola was not impressed (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

‘They had chances in the first half, all the teams are better than us at set-pieces. They are stronger than us but we kept patient.

‘At the end our momentum kept going, Raheem scores a fantastic goal.’

“What impresses the most is the heart with which they play. What happened in the locker room was amazing. You have to enjoy these situations, you never know what will happen in the future. We want to win the league but you have to celebrate when you score in the last breath like that.