Bernardo Silva shows true colours with Eric Dier comment after controversial penalty vs Man City

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva joked that Monaco's Eric Dier was "known for diving" after the sides' controversial 2-2 draw in the Champions League. City were left incensed when Monaco were awarded a hotly-debated late penalty after Nico Gonzalez was penalised for a high foot close to Dier's head.

VAR recommended that Spanish referee Jesus Gil review the incident, and after multiple replays on the pitch-side monitor, he pointed to the spot. Former Tottenham defender Dier stepped up and scored, cancelling out what for some time looked like a winning goal from Erling Haaland at the end of the first half.

During a post-match interview with TNT Sports, City midfielder Silva was asked if he'd seen the penalty incident. "I haven't, I haven't," Silva replied. "Maybe it's a penalty. What do you think?"

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The reporter explained: "Basically, so I think it was Nico Gonzalez, his foot was high, he got the ball, but his shin almost hit Eric Dier in the face."

Silva responded by saying that he'd 'have to watch it' just as Dier walked by, prompting the Portuguese to joke: "Eric Dier, he's known for diving."

Dier was asked about the incident during his interview and he addressed Silva's comment. "I heard Bernardo… saying that I was diving," the 31-year-old laughed. "I'll have to watch it again, there was definitely contact with my face... I think it depends on where the height of my head is and what the referee deems that is."

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Pep Guardiola wasn't in the mood for joking, though. "Nothing to say to Spanish referees," City boss Guardiola said when asked about the penalty. "We played a really good game. Of course, we were close but at the end we could not defend the free-kick well and we conceded the penalty.

"In football, you have to win with the result. If you analyse the game there were many things that were good. Step by step we will be better but we had many chances and many players played really good. We conceded almost nothing."

Monaco manager Adi Hutter, meanwhile, felt that the hosts put in a performance worthy of a point. "Big, big praise for all of my players. Under the circumstances, missing six or seven players," Hutter commented. "I think that we deserved it. We never gave up. We left our heart on the pitch and this also makes us so proud."

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