Liverpool fans have hit back at Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola after his comments about Sadio Mane after his side’s 2-1 victory against Southampton on Saturday.
The Citizens are preparing for their next game at Anfield on Sunday as the gargantuan clash between the Reds and the blue half of Manchester edges closer, and the Spaniard decided to initiate the mind games early.
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The champions currently sit second in the table and six points behind the Merseyside club after 11 games. Guardiola did not hesitate to mention Liverpool and Sadio Mane during his post-match interview at the Etihad.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Guardiola said, “It has happened many times, what Liverpool have done, in the last few years, it’s because (Mane) is a special talent”, Guardiola said.
“Sometimes he’s diving, sometimes he has this talent to score incredible goals in the last minute. He’s a talent.”
Pep Guardiola with a less than subtle dig at Sadio Mane: “Sometimes he’s diving, sometimes he has this talent to score incredible goals in the last minute. He’s a talent. Next week we go to Anfield to try to play them.” (BBC)
Shots fired… as they say on here! 👀#LFC #MCFC pic.twitter.com/m9fCOTkk22
— Kevin Palmer (@RealKevinPalmer) November 2, 2019
Jurgen Klopp’s side found themselves behind against Aston Villa earlier on after Trezeguet opened the scoring for Villa in the 21st minute. Mane was booked for simulation in the first after he went down from Villa defender Frederic Guilbert’s challenge.
However, Mane would have the last laugh after scoring a dramatic 94th-minute winner to guide his side to a 2-1 victory against the Midlands based-outfit.
Supporters believed that the German manager should use the comments as an incentive to go and win their game against them on Sunday. One fan simply put, “team talk done”.
Here are some of the best responses from Liverpool fans:
Teamtalk done pic.twitter.com/phfH7nDEAs
— mohammed abbas (@basy786) November 2, 2019
Pep’s scared pass it on.
— Scott Groom (@ScottCGroom) November 2, 2019
Rent free I can’t wait to spin them next week
— Star Boy (@SirLeonP) November 2, 2019
If I were him I’d be very careful with what he says. Not very smart to get Anfield even more up for it than what it’s already going to be.
— Pedro Almeida (@PedroAlmeida_93) November 2, 2019
Thanks for the 3 points Pep🙏
— OY (@OnyiiVie) November 2, 2019
this is embarrassing. He should be banned & fined. Imagine the LFC backroom staff watching that, he’s just given our team talk for us ahead of next week. Its also a clear attempt to influence the referee, they’ve literally become everything they once hated, they’ve become Man Utd
— JC | Mentality Giants (@MentalityGiants) November 3, 2019
@JamesMilner tell mane this is your teamtalk done for next week
— mohammed abbas (@basy786) November 2, 2019
