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The Guardian - UK
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Luke McLaughlin , Tom Davies and Dominic Booth

Guardiola likens City to pampered cat; Hodgson ‘felt like booing’ himself: football news – as it happened

Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says he and his treble-winning Manchester City players have enjoyed being stroked ‘like a cat’ for too long. Photograph: MCFC/X

Rightio, that’s pretty much all we’ve got time for. It’s been quite the day hasn’t it? From Pep Guardiola’s cat to Roy Hodgson booing himself, with a trio of unexpected Manchester United awards in between. Never a dull moment. Go and grab yourself a pre-Christmas Friday drink to celebrate.

I’ll leave you with this piece from Nick Ames with Arsenal’s William Saliba. He’ll be taking centre stage tomorrow evening as two of the Premier League’s in-form sides meet at Villa Park. Saliba, that is, not Nick.

One thing Pep did provide today was an explanation for Kalvin Phillips’ ongoing, and slightly baffling, exclusion.

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