Manchester City striker Valeri Bojinov has slammed his former Juventus coach Didier Deschamps.

Bojinov has thanked City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson for watching his return from a knee injury in a 1-1 draw against the Newcastle United reserve team last week.

The Bulgarian compared his manager with Deschamps, his previous coach at Juventus.

"Eriksson travelled 400kilometres and then congratulated me for scoring," he said. "I can't say such nice things for Deschamps. It's just like a case of a Trabant and Ferrari."