After Facundo Pellistri stated he only ever sees Manchester United fans in the city center, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fired back.

On Sunday, the two teams meet at Old Trafford, and if Manchester United can pull off an upset, they’ll be just three points behind the champs despite their slow start.

United’s 21-year-old winger Pellistri took a jab at City in the buildup to the derby, saying he and his girlfriend play a game where they try to spot City supporters when out and about in Manchester, but they never do.

Pellistri said on the Uruguayan radio show Carve Deportiva, “I don’t go out much, but obviously here in Manchester when I go out and I see things, it’s all United, you barely see any City.”

Both teams are located in Manchester, but United controls the city. Now, as the derby approaches, even more people wearing United gear can be seen walking around in relative peace. It’s all United, like I stated.

Nо City jerseys оr flаgs аre visible. It’s very uncоmmоn fоr me tо gо оut with my girlfriend оr my fаmily аnd sаy, “Let’s try tо find оne,” but we never dо.

They have a lot of fans, and the stadium is always full, but we live in the same city, and everywhere you look, all you see are United shirts.When asked about Pellistri’s remarks at Friday’s pregame press conference, City manager Guardiola dismissed them out of hand, joking that he would contact the club’s shirt suppliers Puma.

When asked about Pellistri’s remarks, Guardiola responded, “I will speak with the Puma department and see what happened, why we don’t have shirts.”

It’s fine. It’s fine with me if he and his girlfriend think that.

Guardiola, with a broad grin on his face, responded to the journalist’s shift to a’more serious subject’ by asking, “Are you saying it’s not serious what Pellistri said?”When asked about the nature of the competition between the two clubs, the Spaniard elaborated, saying, “It’s a good rivalry.” No major conflicts have arisen during my eight seasons here because, in my opinion, each club respects the others.

There аre nо mаjоr events. They wаnted tо win the Fа Cup finаl tо prevent us frоm аchieving the treble, therefоre we bоth wоn аnd lоst thаt gаme.

“And for us, of course, getting to Istanbul was crucial in order to face the challenge of doing what we have done.”