FURIOUS Pep Guardiola let go of his own player before violently embracing him after his side's 2-2 draw with Brentford.
His Man City side threw away a two-goal lead, while the immensely animated Spanish coach also kicked a billboard.
The match came hours after reports emerged that he had split from his wife and teenage sweetheart Cristina Serra.
Guardiola was still wearing his wedding ring and would have liked to see his stuttering team score three points.
But City squandered a two-goal lead at Brentford when Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard canceled out Phil Foden's brace late in the second half.
Foden thought he had secured victory for the reigning Premier League champions in the 78th minute and temporarily sent his team back into the top four.
However, Wissa got the Bees back into the match just four minutes after the England international completed his double.
And City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega was beaten again by Norgaard's header in the second minute of stoppage time.
Guardiola, 53, was absolutely livid on the touchline when the camera caught him kicking a Gtech advertisement near the stands of the Gtech Community Stadium.
And after the final whistle, the Catalan giant entered the field and confronted Ortega, 32.
The ex-Barcelona boss had a very intense conversation with the German shot-stopper as he shouted just inches from his own player's face.
Guardiola was seen verbally lashing out at the City keeper in what appeared to be tough love, while also roughly hugging him at the same time.
The former Bayern Munich boss has had a turbulent campaign which has seen the Citizens slip to sixth place in the Premier League.
At one point the Manchester giants lost nine of 13 games – winning just one – in all competitions.
Things got worse for Guardiola when it was reported that he had been separated from his wife of 30 years.
The City boss and wife Cristina have three children together and decided to end their relationship in December while they were both in Spain.
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