Entitled and tone deaf - Peter Schmeichel verdict after Man City crowd controversy

Manchester City kicked off their Champions League campaign with a frustrating goalless draw with Inter at the Etihad Stadium.

A resolute away side managed to limit Pep Guardiola's side to few chances with Ilkay Gundogan coming closest for the Blues on the night. However, one of the biggest talking points after the full-time whistle was not what happened during the 90 minutes but actually what occurred in the mixed zone afterwards.

Speaking on CBS Sport, former Manchester United and City goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel did not mince his words about the home crowd's 'performance'. He said: "I love good football and I like excitement from the crowd but it was dead - the Eithad today was absolutely dead.

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"The only people we could hear were the Inter supporters, they were quite good, but there was no atmosphere in the Etihad today. Normally you think of big European nights [having a certain atmosphere] but it didn't happen for them."

After being pulled up on his comments by Micah Richards, Schmeichel retorted: "Once in a while Micah, leave the studio and experience it rather than sit there and judge us for what we are saying. Maybe they left all the atmosphere on Saturday [when Micah was in attendance] because it was so flat."

Unsurprisingly, these comments from Schmeichel were met with anger from City supporters. We asked our MEN Sport City writers for their verdict on what the Dane had to say.

Having made his name across the city, it was perhaps unsurprising to see Schmeichel stoop to this level after the Champions League clash this week. Pundits should not be immune from criticising