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Simon Bajkowski

Pep Guardiola taunts former Manchester United players after Man City criticism

Pep Guardiola taunted former Manchester United players Patrice Evra and Dimitar Berbatov after feeling slighted by criticism of Manchester City's character in the Champions League.

The Blues conceded three goals in quick succession to turn certain victory in their Champions League semi-final to defeat against Real Madrid, prompting inquests into how the collapse happened. The character and personality of the City side was brought into question by several pundits, with Evra particularly scathing.

Guardiola had already returned some friendly fire to the former French defender, suggesting that he could be saying things to curry favour with United. And after City have bounced back with two wins and ten goals from their last two games to put them within touching distance of the Premier League title, the Catalan brought up Barcelona beating United in the Champions League final to illustrate his point about character not being measured in individual games.

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