Mourinho sparked an uncharacteristically angry response from his opposite number after branding Guardiola as being a unique coach who “criticises the right decisions made by referees”.
“We will meet each other on the pitch. He’s won his games off the pitch and I’ll give him his personal Champions (League) for that,” said Guardiola.
“In this room, he’s the chief, the man, the person who knows everything about the world and I don’t want to compete with him at all.” Guardiola added “If you think that his allegation that I always complain about the referees is true after you’ve all heard from me over the last three years, well there’s nothing I can do. Off the pitch there’s nothing we can do to fight that.
“Off the pitch, he has already won, as he has done all year. On the pitch, we’ll see what happens.”