Pep Guardiola intends to continue having emotional post-match debriefs with his Manchester City players on the pitch despite Roy Keane’s criticism of his methods.

Keane claimed that Guardiola had planned a lengthy conversation with Erling Haaland at Old Trafford last Sunday just for the cameras, with the pair engrossed as they marched down the tunnel.

‘It’s all for show this, this is all for show,’ Keane said. ‘I’d have that chat in the dressing room, what’s the big deal?’

‘At my age I don’t need to do something for the people,’ the 52-year-old said.

Pep Guardiola, right, had an animated conversation with Erling Haaland at Old Trafford

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane claimed the conversation ‘was all for show’

Guardiola has insisted he will continue to have emotional briefings with his Man City players

‘I don’t think after the game to go to the players to do some spectacle for the people.

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‘I was really happy in that moment. I found Erling, made a comment, he gave feedback and another comment and another comment as we were walking.

‘I’ve done it many times in the locker room — look at that image, that action. It’s fresh the players have that image in the moment. Sometimes you make the impact that will remain in their head.

‘It happened with Erling in Burnley. I can avoid it. But it’s what I feel in the moment.’

Haaland has started every Premier League match so far this season, netting 11 goals already, and Guardiola believes the Norwegian’s injury niggles are behind him.

‘He feels really fit now,’ the Spaniard added. ‘Sometimes he had niggles. Now it’s completely the opposite, he feels free of problems.

‘If he goes down and is tired, he takes a rest. Now, I think he’s feeling good.’