MANCHESTER, United Kingdom - Pep Guardiola has reluctantly accepted Bernardo Silva's one-match ban for a tweet comparing teammate Benjamin Mendy to a black cartoon character but the Manchester City manager again insisted that his player was not racist.
The player said that it was meant as a joke between friends, but he has still been banned, fined £50,000 and must complete face-to-face education as part of his punishment. "If they want to pick on someone to show something, it was the right person. He will be careful with social media from now on, but if this can help make a better society, I'm pretty sure Bernardo will accept this punishment.City take on Chelsea at the Etihad, with the London club one point and one place above them in the Premier League table after City's 3-1 defeat at Liverpool.
And it has echoes of when Guardiola took charge at Barcelona in 2008, after just one season in charge of the club's B team.
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