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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Charlie Bennett

Pep Guardiola makes strange Eurovision complaint before crucial Everton clash

Pep Guardiola has bizarrely lashed out at the Eurovision Song Contest while criticising Manchester City’s congested fixture list.

Liverpool is hosting the popular song contest - the first time the UK has done so since 1998. Birmingham was the chosen city that year but thousands of fans from across the continent will descend on Merseyside to support their country.

The extra volume of people forced Merseyside Police to demand Everton’s home clash against City - originally scheduled for Saturday - be pushed back a day. However, the decision has not gone down well with Guardiola.

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