'Sometimes you want to kill him': Pep Guardiola wishes Mendy would spend less time on social media

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he wishes £50 million defender Benjamin Mendy would spend less time on social media.

He helped the champions start the season with a 2-nil win at Arsenal in the Premier League.

A serious knee injury ruined his first campaign at the club, but Guardiola says he is a one-off.

"Mendy is Mendy. Sometimes you want to kill him, sometimes you say 'wow, what a player we have'.

"So hopefully we can convince him to be calm and forget a little bit the social media and focus on what he has to do."

Mendy was quick to respond to the manager's jokes by posting on Twitter.

Oops 😅 https://t.co/dVBYJNbKPM

— Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23) August 12, 2018

The French World Cup winner built a reputation for posting funny videos online.

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