Overview
- The Manchester City manager collected his sixth caution of the season for remonstrating with fourth official Lewis Smith after a challenge on Jeremy Doku, prompting referee Sam Barrott to book him.
- The automatic ban rules him out of the Premier League trip to West Ham on March 14 and the FA Cup quarter-final on the weekend of April 4-5.
- He will still be in the dugout for the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal on March 22 and for Champions League ties, including Real Madrid.
- This season’s regulations impose a one-game ban after three yellow cards and a two-game ban after six, with specified finals exempt under FA/EFL guidance.
- Guardiola reacted with sarcasm about "going on holiday" during his absence and insisted he would continue to defend his players.