Ilkay Gündoğan Reveals He Was Mad at Pep Guardiola, Used Anger to Help Manchester City Win Title

• Ilkay Gundogan has admitted that he was frustrated when Pep Guardiola didn't start him in Manchester City's final game of the season
• Gundogan had to come off the bench in a game that Manchester City need to match or better Liverpool's result to retain their title
• The midfielder ended up being the hero, scoring two quickfire goals to spark an incredible turnaround

Manchester City's midfielder İlkay Gündoğan has admitted that he was mad with his head coach Pep Guardiola for benching him on the final day of the Premier League season.

City were up against Aston Villa, needing nothing less than a win to successfully defend their title. Any slip-up could have seen Liverpool beat them to the title.

Aston Villa took a surprise 2-0 lead to put Guardiola's side in serious jeopardy. And with news of Liverpool sailing to victory over Wolves, Guardiola turned to his bench for solutions.

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Gundogan was ushered in and went on to become the hero, scoring two goals, with Rodri adding the third one to complete the impressive turnaround. But as Goal reports, the German was not amused that he had to start on the bench in the first place.

We are all competitive, we all want to play and I remember the week before I hadn't started the West Ham game, so I was quite confident in starting and then the moment I found out I wasn't starting, I was a bit frustrated and angry.

The midfielder provided an Aguero-Esque moment as the Cityzens stormed to a fourth league title in five years.

The 31-year-old will once again be in the thick of the action as City launch their campaign against West Ham for a third consecutive title. They, however, play Liverpool first this weekend in the Community Shield.

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Three Manchester City players were banned from the USA tour

Sports Brief had earlier reported that Manchester City's pre-season preparations have been plunged into disarray with three of their players banned from the USA tour.

The Premier League champions are currently in the US as they continue their preparations for the 2022/23 season.

However, Pep Guardiola is without the trio of Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan, and John Stones, who missed the trip.