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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has issued a scathing response to criticism of his players from former footballers Patrice Evra and Dimitar Berbatov.

The former Manchester United duo had made the comments questioning City’s mentality under Guardiola following the manner of their Champions League semi-final defeat against Real Madrid. City led the game 5-3 on aggregate going into injury time of the second leg but Rodrygo Goes scored twice inside the space of 84 seconds to send the game into extra time, before Karim Benzema’s penalty gave Madrid victory after extra time.

Evra made the suggestion that Guardiola did not want “leaders” or “personality” in his side because that is how he builds his side, despite the fact that they are on course to secure their fourth Premier League title in five seasons.

Speaking earlier this month, Evra said: “ Manchester City needs leaders, but Guardiola doesn't want leaders. He doesn't want personality. He's the leader. That's why when they're in trouble they don't want to... they don't have anyone on the pitch to help them. He chooses his teams like that, he can't train people with personality. He did it at Barcelona, but he builds his team to control everyone. When things go wrong, he always decides.

“City have made a mistake, it's the truth. They are traumatised. They remind me of PSG — they are clubs based on money. Real Madrid also has money, but it has a story behind it; Manchester City only has