Liverpool star reveals a ‘joke’ that went wrong sparked Darwin Nunez’s furious bust-up with Pep Guardiola at Man City

A “JOKE” that went wrong sparked the furious bust-up between Darwin Nunez and Pep Guardiola.

The Uruguayan, 24, was part of the Reds side that secured a 1-1 draw at Manchester City last weekend in the Premier League.

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The Liverpool striker was involved in a row with the Man City boss last weekendRex

But seconds after the final whistle was blown at the Etihad, a furious Nunez was spotted being held back by Jurgen Klopp following an altercation with rival boss Guardiola, 52.

Nunez and Guardiola initially shook hands before the Liverpool ace appeared to have a few words for the Spaniard.

Reds manager Klopp was quick to pull his man away from the heated exchange while a perplexed Guardiola responded in an animated manner as the pair continued to trade words.

Guardiola was in no mood to talk about the incident afterwards, replying simply “nothing” when asked what happened.

That left supporters itching to know exactly what caused the whole incident to blow up, and Nunez’s team-mate Alexis Mac Allister has now revealed all.

Explaining how his colleague had taken a joke the wrong way, he told Clank!: “Yes (Darwin took it seriously and Pep saw it more as a joke). I don’t know if I should tell it but I’m going to tell you (what caused it). Basically, they had a situation.

“I don’t know if it was a corner or a cross that [Erling] Haaland headed and the ball went past the goal next to the post. Pep turned around and started saying how lucky we are or something like that.

“Then it goes to the last bit of play, the ball is crossed into the middle and Lucho Diaz wants to head it and they save it. So then Darwin tells him (Guardiola), ‘ah, now you are the ones who are lucky’. From there, everything went to s***. But it was very calm. Nothing serious.”

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Argentina World Cup winner Mac Allister was right next to the incident, and he added: “That’s why I was laughing too. If I see how serious it is, obviously I wouldn’t laugh in that way. But nothing made me laugh a little like how Darwin got angry so quickly.

“Apart from that, at the beginning, Pep thought he was doing everything like a joke, and of course Darwin was with him. It had transformed his face a little then.

“It was kind of a little funny, the whole situation, but those are things that stay there. I think they both respect each other a lot, and nothing was wrong at that moment.”

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