EPL: Guardiola calls Mane "a diver" ahead of Man City's trip to Liverpool

EPL: Guardiola calls Mane 'a diver' ahead of Man City's trip to Liverpool

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has branded Liverpool's Sadio Mane "a diver" ahead of their meeting this weekend.

Mane scored a last-gasp winner in the Reds' 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Saturday.

The victory ensured Jurgen Klopp's men remain six points clear of City at the top of the table.

The Senegal international also picked up a booking for diving at Villa Park.

And Guardiola, speaking after City's 2-1 win over Southampton, took a swipe at the forward.

"It's happened a lot for Liverpool in the last years [scoring late on]. It's because he's a special talent," Guardiola said of Mane on the BBC.

"Sometimes he's diving, sometimes he has this talent to score incredible goals in the last minute. He's a talent.

"If it's one time, two times, 'we were lucky, we were lucky', but it happened in the last two seasons many, many times - they have a special character to do that.

"We look at ourselves, we know which team we face, I think they have won 10 and drawn one. Next week we go to Anfield to try to play them."

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