Twitter reacts to Pep Guardiola blaming the ball used for Carabao cup last night

Manchester City edged past Wolves in a closely contested affair which saw The Citizens winning the game on penalties. City won the penalty shootout 3-1 thanks to Claudio Bravo's heroics after both teams failed to score in normal time.

In the post-match interview, Guardiola had this to say,

"It is not acceptable, the ball was unacceptable for a high-level competition. It is too light, it moves all over the place, it is not a good ball.

It is impossible to score with a ball like that and I can say that because we won, I’m not making excuses.

I’m sorry Carabao Cup is not a serious ball for a serious competition. It’s marketing, money, OK but it’s not acceptable but it has no weight, nothing.”

Here's how Twitter reacted to this statement :

First, we have the official statement from EFL regarding this issue :

EFL statement on the Mitre ball used in games. It was criticised by #MCFC boss Pep Guardiola last night pic.twitter.com/XN69fo25rP

— Tom Carnduff (@TomC_22) October 25, 2017

Guardiola blaming a ball for struggling to beat lower league opposition. The weirdo ??? https://t.co/IVEzyEM59D

— Cultural Leodensian (@MultiJono88) October 25, 2017

Pep Guardiola has criticised the match ball used in the Carabao Cup, calling it "unacceptable".??#CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/6KL2jde6Yj

— Towerish (@Towerish) October 25, 2017

After the Pep Guardiola moan last night, Mitre have designed a new ball for use solely in matches involving Manchester City. pic.twitter.com/HoXouD9x8g

— Scott Wiles (@Scott_W88) October 25, 2017

Blaming the #Mitre ball in the #CarabaoCup ,do-1 Guardiola, At aged 10 I scored plenty of screamers with that ball in the school yard!????

— Matt smith (@SpiritOfPantani) October 25, 2017

Pep Guardiola complaining about the Carabao Cup ball...He's clearly never been hit in the face with one of these! ? pic.twitter.com/oWz0L0GvBx

— BigOdds (@BigOddsGB) October 25, 2017

Guardiola has blamed the ball for the draw with Wolves last night. Imagine the outrage had that been Mourinho.

— The Football Writer (@ZeFutbolWriter) October 25, 2017

''Hello, Mitre? This is Manchester City calling, can we order 30,000 balls to the Etihad ASAP? Just bin the Nike ones we've got here.'' pic.twitter.com/n8Fplm67o1

— Coral (@Coral) October 25, 2017

I think the Mitre ball is just fine, but then I'm not paid £250,000 a week to prove it. Get a grip, Pep.

— Mike Anstead (@mike_anstead) October 25, 2017

The only logical reasoning behind Pep's hatred of the Mitre ball is that he took one to the inside of his thigh on a cold January morning. pic.twitter.com/A8RlVaNNkx

— Coral (@Coral) October 25, 2017

If anyone's got an issue with the player ratings today, in true Pep style I'm gonna blame the laptop keys.

— Tim Spiers (@tim_spiers_Star) October 25, 2017

“The ball was unacceptable for a high-level competition."Pep talking about the match ball used last night... remind you of anyone? ? pic.twitter.com/uRvfMO9yB6

— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) October 25, 2017