Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips insists manager Pep Guardiola's criticism of his weight was a "misunderstanding".

Phillips was publicly called out by Guardiola after England's World Cup campaign.

"Listen, the manager said what he said," Phillips told the Daily Mail. "I agreed with that because I'm not going to turn around and say he's wrong. I don't think that's the right thing to do as a player.

"It was looked into a little bit too much [from the outside]. It doesn't faze me, anyone can say anything about me. I just look at it and laugh. I'm the footballer and I'm living my dream, doing the thing I love. If someone wants to say something about me then that's fine.

"I'd gone to New York for three or four days after Qatar. I'd flown all day. I'd had breakfast, lunch, dinner and landed. Slept during the flight as well. And straight into football. I'd had a full day of eating. There is water retention and stuff on a flight. It was a misunderstanding really."