Jose Mourinho not impressed with Manchester City's documentary

Jose Mourinho accused Manchester City of lacking class in a scathing response to his own appearances in a documentary series about the Premier League champions The eightpart series All or Nothing was released by streaming service Amazon last week amid much fanfareThe flyonthewall episodes focus on Pep Guardiolas magnificent efforts in winning last seasons English title with the producers boasting of their unprecedented access to the champions over the season But the Manchester United manager was surprised and clearly angered by the number of times he appears or is the subject of comments in the seriesI havent seen it but I know a few things about the movie Mourinho told reporters ahead of Sundays clash at Brighton You dont need to be disrespectful to have a fantastic movie My reaction is if you are a rich club you can buy top players you cannot buy class That is my first reactionThe second reaction is because I am in the movie I could ask for some royalties But if they send me one of the shirts they had in the tunnel when we played there the shirts that were saying We did it on derby day If they send me one of these shirts I give up about the royalties The last comment referred to the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium in April when City had printed souvenirs in expectation of clinching the title against Mourinhos men only for United to come from behind to win 32 delaying the title celebrations by two weeks The champions have claimed this week that they had no editorial control over Amazon but a number of reviews have commented on how heavily Mourinho and United figureThe footage features the Old Trafford derby won impressively by City in December and has the narrator Oscarwinning actor Ben Kingsley commenting It is Guardiola versus Mourinho once more Possession versus defence attacking football versus parkthebus There are also scenes of City supporters chanting Park the bus during the derby as well as Mourinhos postmatch press briefing at Old Trafford in which he claims unconvincingly that his team had not just been outplayed by GuardiolasCitys playeroftheyear Kevin De Bruyne allowed to leave Chelsea by Mourinho when he was in charge at Stamford Bridge is also central to the documentary Mourinho is shown at a Champions League press conference in the autumn of 2013 being grilled about De Bruynes absence and storming out after explaining that the Belgian had trained poorly and played badly in a League Cup tie with SwindonAsked whether that clip in particular had annoyed him Mourinho joked You know a movie without me doesnt sell much I needed to be there Coincidentally the documentary was premiered on the day that De Bruyne was injured in training a knee ligament problem that will sideline him for three monthsMourinho however does not expect the defending champions to suffer much due to the Belgians absence I think they have a fantastic squad he said De Bruyne is a fantastic player but for him to be out a few weeks I dont think its a drama for them They won the Community shield and at the Emirates without De Bruyne They are a fantastic team and its not a drama for them to lose a player for a few weeksCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever