Stefan Savic a ‘typical bully’ for targeting Phil Foden and Jack Grealish and ‘wouldn’t have done it to Vincent Kompany’ as Gabby Agbonlahor says he would have ‘speared’ Atletico Madrid defender for picking on Man City stars

Atletico Madrid’s Stefan Savic was branded a ‘bully’ and informed to select on somebody his personal measurement, after his antics within the Champions League towards Man City.

The former City participant was fired up towards his previous membership and focused three of Pep Guardiola’s stars in a heated conflict on the Wanda Metropolitano that descended into chaos as Atleti crashed out.

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Foden was left in a heap by the Montenegro worldwide in a single incident, with Savic additionally seen pulling Grealish’s hair and headbutting Raheem Sterling – with the difficulty persevering with down the tunnel after the full-time whistle.

Remarkably he was solely dealt a yellow card as considered one of seven bookings proven by the referee in injury-time, together with one for supervisor Diego Simeone who additionally confronted heavy criticism for his gamers’ conduct.

The Argentine has been blamed for creating ‘toxic’ tradition at Atleti, with talkSPORT’s Adrian Durham describing the Spanish champions as ‘an ugly club with even uglier players and a ugly manager’.

Agbonlahor hopes he by no means sees Simeone within the Premier League, and the identical in all probability goes for Savic who he branded as a ‘bully’ and insisted he wouldn’t have proven the identical restraint because the City gamers did.

“I’m all for physical tackles, fair ones, but Savic… he could have had three red cards,” he informed the talkSPORT Breakfast.

“In the primary half there was a harmful elbow behind the top for Foden, he headbutted Raheem Sterling after which pulled Grealsh’s hair. VAR is offered – how has he solely bought a yellow card? That baffles me.

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“Even off the ball there was an incident the place Savic pushed Foden off the pitch.

“If I used to be on the pitch final night time and I noticed considered one of my teammates getting dragged off the pitch like Foden was by Savic, I’m spearing him into the promoting boards.

“There would have been a mass, mass brawl if that happened [if there was any retaliation] so Man City players deserve credit. They probably thought, ‘we’re not going to let these players make me miss the semi-final’.”

Agbonahlor continued his scathing criticism of 31-year-old Savic, saying he wouldn’t have tried the identical antics on greater gamers – particularly City legend Vincent Kompany.

“He’s your typical bully, Savic,” the talkSPORT pundit added. “He picked on Foden, one of many smallest gamers on the pitch, he had one thing towards Grealish, I don’t know what it was, however he’s a typical bully.

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“I don’t suppose he’d do this if Duncan Ferguson, Emile Heskey, John Carew, Vincent Kompany, if gamers like that had been on the pitch I don’t suppose Savic does it. He’s a bully and I feel he’s a shame.

“All the antics from all of their gamers had been a shame. We’ve seen the video of the tunnel and that was embarrassing as properly.

“Credit to Man City. To come away from that recreation with no suspensions, credit score to the supervisor who has informed them to not react and credit score to the gamers.

“I used to be watching the sport and I used to be fuming, and never simply because I’m mates with Jack. Foden bought kicked and booted in every single place, however not one of the City gamers rose to it.

“Those players were better than I would have been – I would have been celebrating in front of Simeone and in front of their players.”

The former Aston Villa captain was equally as baffled why the Spanish membership even resorted to their soiled ways in a recreation they largely dominated.

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With City solely 1-0 up after the first-leg on the Etihad Stadium, it was nonetheless all to play for in Spain and the hosts had loads of probabilities to degree the tie.

But they appeared distracted by their darkish artwork antics and obvious want to battle City’s gamers at each alternative, with Atleti going out after a 0-0 draw at house.

“I don’t understand it because Atletico Madrid were playing good football,” stated the previous Premier League star.

“They had been the higher staff on the night time and people antics are costing them time, costing them momentum within the recreation, I simply didn’t perceive it.

“They want a purpose and so they may have scored within the final quarter-hour from the possibilities they’d, they need to have scored.

“They’ve got idiots like Savic who just want to kick people like he’s playing in the 90s.”