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JOSE MOURINHO has hit rivals Manchester City with a stinging double blast ahead of the derby.

The Manchester United boss claims City are a bunch of divers and that their manager Pep Guardiola receives preferential treatment from Uefa.

Jose Mourinho has hit out rivals Manchester City and has branded them divers
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Jose Mourinho has hit out rivals Manchester City and has branded them diversCredit: Getty - Contributor

Ahead of tomorrow’s clash at Old Trafford, Mourinho said: “If you ask me one thing that I don’t like a lot is that they lose their balance very easily.

“A little bit of wind and they fall.”

The Portuguese has also questioned why Uefa have not disciplined Guardiola for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of those fighting for independence in his native Catalonia in Spain.

Uefa have tried to be strict on political messages worn by players and managers and even tried to ban the poppy.

Jose Mourinho thinks Pep Guardiola should be punished for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of those fighting independence in Catalonia
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Jose Mourinho thinks Pep Guardiola should be punished for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of those fighting independence in CataloniaCredit: Manchester City FC - Getty
Jose Mourinho claims Manchester City players fall to the ground too easily
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Jose Mourinho claims Manchester City players fall to the ground too easilyCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Yet Guardiola has been allowed to wear his symbol on the sidelines and in press conferences and has spoken openly about the fight back in his homeland.

Mourinho said: “I think that our political ideology and our political beliefs is something we have the right to have.

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“We are normal citizens like everybody else in our countries and everybody else in our world.

“I’ve known Pep for many years, I think I know what Pep feels about his country. To have it in football, I don’t know the rules.

Pep Guardiola and Mourinho share a rivalry that stems from their time in La Liga
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Pep Guardiola and Mourinho share a rivalry that stems from their time in La LigaCredit: PA:Press Association
Manchester United are eight points behind Man City going into the derby
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Manchester United are eight points behind Man City going into the derbyCredit: AFP or licensors

“If the rules allow us to do that, he is a free citizen to do it. But I am not sure if the rules allow any political message on the pitch.

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“That’s just my doubt. But I know Pep, and I know his feelings like everyone else because he is public about his country.”

Asked if he would do something similar, Mourinho said: “I think I wouldn’t be allowed to, that’s just what I think.”

Guardiola, whose side are eight points ahead of United, is likely to wear the symbol again at Old Trafford tomorrow.

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