Guardiola was interviewed by DAZN and talked about Manchester City's performance this season being worse than expected, and said that if he was dismissed in the Real Saints early.

Guardiola said: "Considering our performance this season, if I were in Spain, I wouldn't even lead the team in October, November and December. If I were in Barcelona or Real Madrid, they would have fired me long ago.

"But here, this is not a problem, you have to be a little patient.

"Look at Ancelotti, who won the Champions League and La Liga four days ago, but he has left office to coach Brazil." (Original English: "Look at Carlo Ancelotti," he added. "He won the Champions League and LaLiga four days ago and now he 's off to coach in Brazil. ")