Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola unleashed an extraordinary post-match tirade at Stefan Ortega after his team’s dramatic 2-2 draw at Brentford, screaming in the goalkeeper’s face while also seeming to hug and praise him.

City were leading by two goals with eight minutes remaining at the Gtech Community Stadium but conceded twice in the final moments, including a stoppage-time equaliser to Brentford’s Christian Norgaard.

Striding onto the pitch at full-time, Guardiola lurched into an impassioned exchange with Ortega. Grabbing the goalkeeper’s shirt with both hands, and then pulling him into a bear hug around his neck, the City manager appeared to scream at his player before thumping him in the chest.

He went on to give special praise to Ortega in his post-match press conference.

Guardiola had a similarly impassioned conversation with defender Joskvo Gvardiol on the pitch. Asked afterwards about those interactions, Guardiola said: “[It was about] how good he played. He played an incredible game.

“We were talking [about] one action, the same with Ortega. How good he played, his actions with the ball, how good he passed to Erling [Haaland], how happy and satisfied I am, especially with these two players for what they have done.”

Guardiola’s conversation with Ortega was far from the first such interaction of his City career. He famously had a similar discussion with Southampton player Nathan Redmond in 2017, which he later said he regretted.

Last season he was also filmed having an animated on-pitch discussion with Jack Grealish after a game against Arsenal. Guardiola later joked that he had done so to play up to the cameras, for his “ego”.

Meanwhile, City midfielder Phil Foden admitted his team could not handle the “physicality” of Brentford in the final moments of the match.

“We looked leggy and they put the pressure on and put longer balls into the box,” said Foden. “We didn’t cope with the physicality at the end. It’s one of the toughest places to come and they give you different challenges.”