Why did Pep Guardiola wear yellow ribbon on jacket against Arsenal? Real reason revealed

MANCHESTER CITY boss Pep Guardiola wore a yellow ribbon on his jacket against Arsenal - but why?

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Pep Guardiola wore a yellow ribbon at Man City today

The small badge was worn by Guardiola in support of Catalan politicians who have been jailed for pushing for independence in Spain.

Guardiola guided City to a convincing 3-1 win over the Gunners and had explained his stance on the political situation in his homeland before the game.

It comes as Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sanchez, presidents of political groups Omnium and ANC, remain locked up on accusation of sedition, rebellion and embezzlement.

Guardiola said: "I hope that the politicians in prison can leave as soon as possible for their families.

"If it can happen to them then it can happen to us. For giving an opinion. People shouldn't be confused and think it couldn't happen to them, because it can.

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Pep Guardiola wore a yellow ribbon on his jacket

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Pep Guardiola guided Man City to victory over Arsenal

"We cannot ignore that these eleven politicians or activists, who haven't hurt anyone, are in prison for asking to vote."

"Many things have happened but it's all because we wanted to vote, because we wanted a legal referendum.

"The solution is that the state and Catalonia should agree and we can have an agreed referendum. It's as simple as that.

"Until that happens, there will only be difficult solutions. At the end of the day, there are people in prison because their manifesto said that if they won they would hold a referendum. That's what has happened. It was in the manifesto.

"Now, for going to vote, they are in prison. Today, they are suffering. The only thing we wanted in this process was to vote.

"It's scary that we have gone so far back in the state of law.

""I hope that it can be corrected and that we can have democratic elections and that on December 21 they are clean, where we can express what we want.

"And that as soon as possible we can recover the institutions of and the Catalan parliament can return to what it was."

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