Pep Guardiola appeared to confront Dean Henderson after Crystal Palace were crowned FA Cup champions on Saturday.
Henderson played a key role in Palace’s historical win, saving a penalty from Omar Marmoush after Erling Haaland had opted to give his strike partner the ball instead of taking it himself.
There were questions over whether he should have been on the pitch at all, though, as he handballed outside the penalty area and survived a VAR call.
In the first half, when Palace were winning 1-0 through Eberechi Eze, Haaland ran at goal and Henderson made the call to run off his line. He had mistimed his approach, however, and was unable to legally handle the ball, with Haaland reaching it before the ball entered the box.
The England goalkeeper did still choose to use his hands, however, with replays showing it was indeed outside the box. He slapped the ball away, with a lengthy VAR check deciding it didn’t warrant a sending off.
That was evidently something Guardiola didn’t agree with, however, and he appeared to make that clear at full time.
Pep Guardiola appeared to angrily confront Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson after Crystal Palace won the FA Cup
Guardiola approached the winning shot stopper as he began to celebrate his side’s win
Henderson controversially avoided being sent off after handballing the ball outside the box in the first half
As Palace’s players celebrated, Guardiola appeared to approach Henderson and cut a frustrated figure. The Palace goalkeeper appeared to apologise, seemingly suggesting it was a conversation about the potential red card – though that was seemingly denied by Henderson after.
Guardiola looked at Henderson and wagged his finger, seemingly firing some words his way too. Henderson, smiling, put his hands up.
Palace boss Oliver Glasner then hugged his goalkeeper, and Henderson said something else to Guardiola, who seemingly remonstrated.
The Spanish boss then got one final word in, before he was ushered away by Palace substitute goalkeeper Matt Turner.
After the game, Henderson said that Guardiola told him: ‘You got your 10 minutes like you wanted.’ Guardiola, meanwhile insisted he said ‘nothing’.
Henderson told BBC Sport at full time: ‘It’s incredible, we had a feeling it would be our day today. We deserve this so much
On the penalty, he added: ‘To be fair Haaland might have stepped up, I wasn’t sure which way to go, but Marmoush, I knew where he was going.
‘I lost my dad at the start of the season, but he was there every kick of the ball with me today. I dedicate this win to him.’
