Pep Guardiola tells Man United fans they should be 'ashamed' over vile chants about Phil Foden's mother and accuses them of 'lacking class'

Pep Guardiola told Manchester United fans they should beryllium 'ashamed' for targeting Phil Foden with abusive chants astir his parent astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

Foden came nether occurrence during a lame Manchester derby that ended goalless, with City understood to beryllium shocked and disgusted by however galore United fans were involved.

'It's a deficiency of class,' said Guardiola afterwards. 'But it's not United, it's the people, you know? We are truthful exposed, radical who are connected the surface successful satellite football: managers, owners, and shot players especially.

'Honestly, I don't recognize the caput of the radical involving the mum of Phil. It's a deficiency of integrity, class, and they should beryllium ashamed.'

Sections of the United location enactment audibly labelled Foden's mother, Claire Rowlands, 44, a 's**g' arsenic they taunted him during his 58-minute cameo.

Foden was past withdrawn and replaced by Jeremy Doku, starring to much jeers.  

But Guardiola rejected immoderate suggestions the 24-year-old is debased connected assurance and has backed him to observe the signifier that has helped pb City to six league titles. 

'When the squad is not playing astatine the level that we had, it looks similar everyone is not what they were,' the Spaniard added. 'I spot the passionateness and grin connected his look each time successful grooming and that is what I want.

'You spot the numbers of players who person been four, five, six years. This twelvemonth we driblet and it's each of them - that's wherefore we are struggling to triumph but the prime is there.

'He won the Premier League successful the past games [last year], successful the crippled against West Ham with 2 goals. His interaction was unthinkable and helium volition beryllium back.'

Meanwhile, erstwhile United stars Gary Neville and Roy Keane were captious of the deficiency of passionateness from some teams.

Neville frowned astatine the players embracing astatine full-time, saying: 'The love-in that I'm watching tells you that some teams consciousness blessed with a 0-0. They're going for a roast meal now.

'It's a Manchester derby and it should person much blood, thunder, hazard and courage.'

Keane added: 'I can't judge this - this is simply a affable derby.'

United brag Ruben Amorim deed back, saying: 'I recognize Gary Neville is captious astir everything!'