Chris Sutton has claimed people call Man City 'boring' because they win so much, rather than due to a dislike of their style of play.
Since Pep Guardiola arrived at the Etihad in 2016, the Spaniard has overseen a period of dominance, with City winning 17 trophies during his tenure, including four successive Premier League titles.
As a result, they have faced criticism for being 'boring', with many fans and pundits fed up of the lack of competition in England, although City did suffer a shock FA Cup final defeat to Man United at the weekend.
And, speaking on Mail Sport's It's All Kicking Off podcast, Sutton said people are bored of Guardiola's side because they are 'so good' and said those that accuse them of having a 'boring' style of play are just 'jealous'.
Ladyman agreed with his co-host, as he labelled City 'monsters', although he did point to the fact that some people prefer watching teams who 'get it forward quickly with a bit more crash-bang-wallop'.
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The pair also discussed Guardiola's journey at the club after Mail Sport exclusively revealed on Sunday that he is set to leave next summer, while they examined what life could be like without the Spaniard in the future.
Listen to Chris Sutton and Ian Ladyman's views on Pep Guardiola and Man City on the latest edition of the It's All Kicking Off! podcast.
S4boorAlemi
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Why is Man City like a library? They always have titles!
putimopruy
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Pep and Messi are same, they make mountains looks like a plane ground, Messi made cr5 hardworks looks like a child play with his magic and brilliance. Pep turn epl to farmers league won the toughest league 4 times in a row,Messi won 4 golden shoes and 4 Balloondor in a row making Balloondor and golden shoes looks like a child play! Ask yourself, how on heart does Messi scored 91 goals and 45 assists in a single Calendar year and yet cr5 fans claiming cr5 is best scorer? How does Messi scored 5 goals in a single match in ucl knockout stage but yet cr5 says he is Mr ucl? Anyways thank God that both Pep and Messi were born, both Cr5 and Sir Alex would have fooled us if Messi and Pep were not born!