Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was serving a touchline ban for their FA Cup clash with Liverpool - and he was upstaged by his jaw-dropping daughter
13:30, 04 Apr 2026
Pep Guardiola was upstaged by Maria
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Pep Guardiola was upstaged by Maria
A furious Pep Guardiola was upstaged by his stunning daughter during Manchester City's FA Cup clash with Liverpool.
The Reds had made the short trip to Manchester on Saturday lunchtime for their quarter-final clash with Guardiola's side. However, the Catalan was forced to watch from the stands as he's currently serving a two-match touchline ban.
TNT Sports' cameras kept cutting to the crowd to show Guardiola, with his Pep Lijnders in the dugout, and he was furious when he believed City should have been awarded a penalty. Rayan Cherki was taken down by Milos Kerkez, but protests were waved away.
Maria Guardiola is a model by trade
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Maria Guardiola is a model by trade
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However, upon seeing Guardiola's reaction, social media users were distracted by his stunning daughter, Maria: "I know that was a penalty and everything but Pep’s daughter man...wow!"
"Pep’s daughter, if I speak.. big big trouble," a second joked, quoting Jose Mourinho. As a third posted: "Pep’s daughter is leng."
And another added: "Thank God Guardiola is in the stands, we're going to see Maria the whole match!:"
Maria Guardiola
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Maria Guardiola recently opened up about her parents(Image: https://www.instagram.com/maria.guardiola/)
Maria is based in the UK these days a model, and the Spanish beauty has 875,000 followers on Instagram and regularly documents her life in Manchester, London, and back home in Spain.
Maria recently admitted that moving abroad due to her father’s career has been tough on the family.
She told Vanity Fair: “Moving so frequently gave me a great deal of self-confidence, which I don’t think I could have gained in any other way at such a young age. I also fondly remember that sport was a big part of my childhood.
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“Following my father around the world to watch matches created special memories and brought the family very close together.”
But she added: “Given the hectic pace of my parents’ careers, we didn’t get to see each other much.
“All our moves have revolved around his career, first as a player and then as a coach. Football has shaped much of our family’s journey.”