There was drama at the full-time whistle in Manchester City's 1-0 win against Leeds, as Daniel Farke was shown a red card after storming over to referee Peter Bankes
Daniel Farke sent off
Daniel Farke was shown a red card
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Furious Daniel Farke was sent off in the aftermath of . Leeds boss Farke stormed over to Peter Bankes after the referee blew for full-time at Elland Road.
Before the German even reached Bankes, he pulled out his red card. Farke, 49, continued to remonstrate with Bankes about a number of decisions, and he had to be pulled away by Leeds goalkeeper .
Both sets of players were then involved in somewhat of a melee. manager had to intervene while Farke chose to do a lap of the pitch and applaud Leeds' fans.
On the full-time commotion, Leeds defender Ilia Gruev told : "Emotions, they want to win, but we also want to win. It was ana exhausting game - emotions involved and this is quite normal."
Antoine Semenyo scored the decisive goal for Guardiola's side, who were missing the injured , as they moved to within two points of at the top of the table. The result extended Leeds' run without a win to three games, with Farke's team only six points above the relegation zone.
Semenyo hailed City's win, saying: "Definitely a big one. Every game is a big one until the end of the season. We just want to win as many as we can and keep the pressure on.
"They made it tough, lots of crosses. They have a lot of guys who are good in the box good aerially, we wanted to make good contact and put them off and clear our lines."
Guardiola added: "We make a thousand million passes and we controlled the transition and then in the last 20 minutes we created a little bit more. Huge victory to still be there."
The City boss went on to say: "Every game is really, really tough. Yesterday won. The Premier League is better than ever. To qualify for the is the main target for the club because for the last 10 years we have been there."
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