Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi has admitted he over reacted in the burst up with Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho during Nigeria’s 4-2 win over Argentina.
You would recall Otamendi got with the elbow Iheanacho place close to his face during an aerial duel in the early stage of the friendly on Tuesday.
Consequently, Otamendi reacted angrily inspite the Nigerian’s remorseful and apology.
The centre referee could not hold back to show a yellow card for the foul.
Otamendi however has now spoken about his reaction toward his former Man City teammate stating that it was all done in heat of the game and that they have since gotten along back.
”He (Iheanacho) caught me with his elbow and I didn’t like it, maybe my reaction was a bit over the top, but we are cool. He apologised and we have both moved on”, Otamendi told Argentine sports channel TyC.
On the loss to Nigeria, the 29 year old tagged it as a blessing in disguise as it has exposed the areas they need to work on ahead of the World Cup in Russia next year.
” The defeat is positive because it means there are things to improve ; we will try to correct the things that were done wrong and to do better in the next friendly matches in preparations for the World Cup “.
