Ahead of City's battle against Liverpool, Reds midfielder Giorginho Wijnaldum expressed his opinion on Guardiola's attack on teammate Sadio Mane – who he thought was "strange" about Guardiola's claims.
The two teams will meet directly in the early hours of Monday morning, and this match will most likely be directly related to the ownership of this season's Premier League champions.
After last week's dramatic match, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola challenged their title rivals, particularly Reds striker Mane.
Mane scored a deadside goal in the last minutes of stoppage time against Aston Villa, and he received a yellow card in the first half for a fake fall.
On the other hand, City also took a victory from Southampton in the final moments of the game with Walker's goal. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said after learning about Liverpool's results: "Sometimes he (Mane) can dive, and sometimes he has the talent to score incredible goals in the last minute, he is a genius. ”
After Guardiola made these remarks, Klopp and Mane responded separately, and Mane even jokingly said that he would continue to "dive".
Mane's teammate Wijnaldum also stood up to question Guardiola's remarks and defended his teammates.
"I heard what he said," the Dutch midfielder told reporters, "and there's nothing wrong with him giving us his opinions and thoughts." This is his opinion, in his opinion Mane is diving, what can you say? ”
"How many of our players have had yellow cards for 'diving'? I guess this is the first time mane, right? So just because of the chance to say that we are divers, I think it is a little strange. That's my opinion. ”
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