Man City face title rivals Liverpool this weekend in the Premier League and Guardiola has already started the mind-games ahead of the fixture.
Speaking over the weekend, Guardiola said: “It’s happened a lot for Liverpool in the last years [scoring late on].
“It’s because [Mane] is a special talent. Sometimes he’s diving, sometimes he has this talent to score incredible goals in the last minute. He’s a talent.”
Asked about Guardiola’s comments on Wednesday, the Senegal international laughed off the comments, insisting he will not change the way he plays.
“If it could be a penalty for sure I will ‘dive’ again,” Mane was quoted by Mirror UK as saying. “If the dive will give me a penalty then I will do it to get it back. Why not?
“But what Jurgen said is correct. I do not dive.
“Even though I saw him commenting about it, what he said, for me, I think it’s positive.
“The only thing I can say I will be ready for the team, to give everything possible, and to help my team.
“If I get a penalty, yeah it’s a penalty. If no penalty, no penalty, but it will never change the way I’m playing or the way I’m doing my things.”
