Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola refused to carry on his tirade against match officials in the aftermath of their Champions League win at Hoffenheim.

Guardiola, back in the dug-out after serving a one-match touchline ban in City's home defeat to Lyon, was left furious with the performance of ref Damir Skomina.

At the final whistle, Guardiola shouted in the face of the fourth official Grega Kordez, with City No.2 Mikel Arteta forced to apologise to him.

"I don't want to talk about the officials," said Guardiola. “I want to be on the bench with my players in the next game.

“I know what happened against Monaco and Liverpool. I don't want to talk, I don't want to talk about these officials - I know what happened."