Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is supportive of Bernardo Silva after the forward received a one-match ban over a Twitter post.

The 25 year old will miss Saturday's home match against Chelsea because of a tweet sent to team-mate Benjamin Mendy.

A Football Association commission said Silva "did not intend" the post to be "racist" but added that "many persons would have taken offence".

"He has been accused of something he is not," said Guardiola.

In the tweet, posted in September, Silva compared Mendy to the character on a packet of Conguitos - a sweet available in Spain and Portugal.

Guardiola added: "He will be careful to use social media. If this can help to do a better society, OK. I am pretty sure Bernardo accept this punishment.

"But he is not like he has been accused. They don't know him."