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Porto and Manchester City had a safe 0-0 draw last night which took both clubs to the knock-out stage of the Champions League. Still, but the post game reactions weren’t friendly at all.

The Portuguese media has been highlighting today two little discussions between the Dragons and the Premier League side.

One of them started with Pep Guardiola, who when asked if Porto used exaggerated defensive tactics, said ‘go ask your manager’.

Well, they did go ask Sérgio Conceição, claiming Guardiola was ‘upset’ with the result, and the answer from the Portuguese boss wasn’t friendly either.

“He was? I’d be too if I couldn’t win with the team he has and the budget he has,” Sérgio Conceição told Eleven Sports.

Eleven Sports also managed to interview Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho, who wasn’t happy with Porto’s tactics either. He even dare to criticise them to the Portuguese outlet.

“As expected, it was a difficult, complicated game. Faced with a team that has a unique style of playing, always pressuring the referee,” Fernandinho told Eleven Sports (via Record).

“All the fouls they get they fall to the ground screaming. It seems that they need to call the ambulance. But, anyway, it was a difficult and complicated game, like all of the Champions League.”

So in a newsletter from the Dragons today, Fernandinho’s quotes are addressed, and there’s a personal attack towards the Manchester City player, still recalling the refereeing problems from the first game.

‘The Manchester City coach and players – who also struggled to cope with the result – should even be grateful for the luck they had with refereeing again,’ say Porto (via Record).

‘After the scandals of the England game, this time a penalty was missed for Ederson’s more than evident foul on Otávio.

‘They were spared the sending off of Fernandinho, who at the age of 35 is a clear example that money in football counts a lot, but doesn’t buy class.’

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