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Manuel Pellegrini insists that Manchester City players will "never surround the referee" after Chelsea were widely condemned for their behaviour during their Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.

All of the Blues' outfield players surrounded the official in the build-up to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's red card against PSG, but the City coach says his side would never act like that

The French champions eliminated Jose Mourinho’s side on away goals after a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge in midweek, despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s first-half sending off.

When asked if he was referring solely to Chelsea, Pellegrini added: "I’m talking about a lot of things that happen in different games, with different teams, but they always work in trying to pressure the referee in every decision, so the referee always has problems.

"All the managers prepare their players to win, but there are different styles of winning.

"Maybe when you are winning the style doesn’t matter. When you don’t win and then start to criticise, I can’t accept that."