CLASSY CHAMPS

FROM BACK PAGE in their fly-on-the wall documentary series.

After Sergio Aguero had hit his 13th hat-trick for the club, Guardiola produced a sarcastic response to the Manchester United chief’s claim that no matter how much money you have you can’t buy class. He said: “I agree with Jose, you cannot buy class. But I don’t agree with him in terms of being disrespectful to them.”

Guardiola invited David Silva’s wife and baby son Mateo, who had to fight for his life after being born 11 weeks prematurely, into the dressing room after the victory.