Pep Guardiola has ignited a fresh row with Jurgen Klopp about their respective schedules ahead of Manchester City's trip to Liverpool on Sunday.
After Reds boss Klopp said in his pre-match press conference: 'We haven't had a break, Man City had two weeks for Covid reasons... it's a tough year,' City manager Guardiola struck back quickly.
The Spaniard said: 'Jurgen has to see the calendar again... He made a mistake, it was three months off? Four months we had off? That's why we are in the top four...I'm surprised. I didn't think Jurgen was that kind of manager but maybe it was a misunderstanding from him.
'He knows it's not true, come on! Everybody in the PL knows no team has two weeks off. Maybe he did it for some other purpose, I didn't expect he would do that but maybe I'm wrong!'