Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has become the latest elite manager to criticise the balls used in England's domestic cup competitions. Guardiola has claimed the FA Cup's Mitre match ball is ...

Guardiola said the FA Cup ball – Mitre’s Ultimax Pro ball – was “not proper” and compared it negatively to those used in the Premier League and Champions League after City beat Plymouth ...

Pep Guardiola has taken the Mikel Arteta route of criticising the Mitre balls used in the FA Cup after Manchester City made hard work of beating Plymouth on Saturday. City will face Bournemouth in ...

Pep Guardiola has prompted a response from the FA following his comments complaining about the official FA Cup match ball. The Manchester City boss criticised the quality of the Mitre Ultimax Pro ...

City were 3-1 winners in the FA Cup against Championship side Plymouth on Saturday, but had 20 shots off target in the match. Guardiola said he was not happy with the Mitre balls used in the FA Cup.

The Spaniard picked out the standard of the Mitre ball used for the game, echoing comments from Mikel Arteta about the Carabao Cup ball. But the FA have now firmly hit back at Guardiola and backed ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Manchester, March 3 (IANS) Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola expressed his dissatisfaction with the Mitre ball used in the FA Cup, after his side rallied to beat Plymouth Argyle in ...

An FA spokesperson has now defended the ball, stating: "Mitre's Ultimax Pro ball – used in the Emirates FA Cup and all other FA competitions – has been tested in accordance with FIFA testing.