Pep Guardiola has hit back at Jose Mourinho’s barbed comments that he won three Premier League titles “fairly and cleanly”.
Manchester City boss Guardiola drew comparisons to the former Chelsea and Manchester United boss when he flashed the six-finger gesture to Liverpool fans after his side’s 2-0 defeat by the Reds in their latest Premier League trophy. amount he has won till date.
Mourinho, who won three league titles at Stamford Bridge, similarly held three fingers with opposition fans during the ill-fated campaign at Old Trafford before being sacked following a defeat by Liverpool in December 2018.
“Guardiola said something about me… he won six cups and I won three, but I won fair and clean,” the Turkish newspaper. Hurriyat quoted Fenerbahce manager Mourinho as saying before his side’s match against Besiktas on Friday.
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reminded Liverpool fans on Sunday how many Premier League titles he has won. But was it as good as when Jose Mourinho lost his cool following Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in 2018?
“If I lost, I want to congratulate my opponent because he was better than me. I don’t want to win by dealing with 150 court cases.”
Mourinho was referring to City’s 115 allegations of alleged breach of EPL financial rules between 2009 and 2018, which the club has always denied.
Guardiola was asked about Mourinho’s comments on Friday afternoon.
“It was a joke, it was a joke,” said the Spaniard.
“He’s another one on a huge list that wants the team to be … I don’t know whether it’s in the League or the Conference.
“I would say the same thing to Jose. we’re innocent until proven guilty, and then we’ll see what happens. It is what it is. It was a complete joke.
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Guardiola has insisted Arne Slott’s ‘Mo Salah’ comment about Manchester City is a joke and nothing more, and hopes his comparison to Mourinho’s ‘three titles’ won’t end up like the former Manchester United manager’s.
“With our teams, he at Chelsea, I at Manchester City, we can sit at the table with Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger for the many, many titles we’ve won.
“I am sure that sooner or later he will congratulate us.”
He added: “If I hurt him, I hurt him like this sorry But it was a joke. The fact is that he has three, I have six. This is a fact, but the intention was completely good.
“It’s another one in a huge list in this country and around the world that wants us to be last.
“As I’ve said many times, wait for the verdict. Everyone, especially in a democracy, is innocent until proven guilty, right?
