Irish Sunday Mirror

Talk about Pep overkill!

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A FERVENT Burnley-supporting pal was grousing into his beer on Friday night how his team gets into Europe for the first time in 51 years – and aren’t even shown on the box.

The simmering pub rant went on with him seething that Istanbul Basaksehir demanded 75 per cent of the TV money and consequent­ly the match wasn’t shown on any channel – and the Turkish club didn’t even bother to bring any fans to Turf Moor.

“And yet Man City are always on the box,” he said exasperate­dly.

“They’ll have been on the box FIVE times before we can see a Burnley Premier League game!”

He forgot to also mention the series All or Nothing – about City – currently available now on Amazon Prime. Talk about overkill!

So look away now, Tony, since Citeh will be on the box again today.

And their 1.30pm game against Huddersfie­ld definitely won’t be a repeat of the last time the Terriers

visited the Etihad when Pep’s side cruised to the title in a vapid 0-0.

If All or Nothing is anything to go by, Guardiola will be in a manic state, demanding a definitive statement.

He’ll be after the same when they play Wolves, who also held them to a 0-0 in the EFL Cup, before penalties.

Burnley are also playing Watford today at 1.30pm. Er, but it’s not being shown live... anywhere... sorry, Tony.

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