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Man City fullback Mendy: I know Pep criticises me to help me

Manchester City fullback Benjamin Mendy recognises he needs to be careful with social media behaviour.

Mendy was warned as much by manager Pep Guardiola.

He told the Daily Mail: "When the manager said the thing about social media, he said it as a joke. But I understood the message and we spoke about it a few times. Everything he says, we need to listen so, when he said this, I calmed down. He is the manager. I did so many stories before but now I've calmed down.

"I know that everything he tells me is to help me. Now I get to training early. I don't live near the training ground but that is not an excuse. Now I leave my house earlier.

"With the driving offences, I broke some rules and they banned me and I accept this. There were four offences. Sometimes it was me and sometimes a friend of mine was driving. Now I have a driver so that's easier. After training, I can sleep in the car on the way home."

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