'They should be ashamed' - toothless derby ends in Guardiola fuming over 'classless' chants

“Honestly, I don't understand the mind of people involving the name of Phil’s mum, in that," the City boss said after the drab stalemate. 
'They should be ashamed' - toothless derby ends in Guardiola fuming over 'classless' chants

PUSHBACK: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola after the Premier League match at Old Trafford. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

A DISAPPOINTING goalless Manchester derby, that peaked inside its opening minute, summed up the poor league campaigns being endured by both clubs and left Pep Guardiola accusing rival supporters of a lack of class.

It was a sign of how poor the game was that the biggest talking point, and the one that elicited the most anger out of the City manager, centred on insulting chants made by United supporters about his star Phil Foden’s mother during the game.

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