Briefly after Pep’s Manchester City victory in the Premier League, Guardiola got his opinion out in a press conference on the event that occurred in Catalonia. Guardiola defended the people’s right of freedom of expression and in addition Piqué’s comments on the matter.

Pep said: ”They’ve viciously attacked the citizens just because they wanted to vote, they weren’t robbing any bank… They say we’re part of Spain yet they attack us with violence.”

“If I was there, I quite frankly wouldn’t even played the game.”

He defends Piqué: “Gerard is a brave guy, you may or not agree with him and Carles Puyol but they were brave enough to have their say on the referendum.”

Guardiola ends: ”They say we have attacked the police. With what? with votes? They talk about coexistence, when we’ve manifested ourselves for years without throwing a paper on the ground.”