Pep Guardiola produced one of the most bizarre excuses in recent memory on Tuesday night when he blamed Manchester City's failure to score against Wolves on the match ball being 'too light'.
Typical excuses in football range from refereeing decisions to fixture congestion but when tasked with defending failures on the pitch, both managers and players have shown they can be extremely creative when passing the buck.
Here, Sportsmail count down football's 10 most bizarre excuses, from croaking frogs to PlayStation games...
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