Sergio Conceicao's claims against Pep Guardiola & Thomas Tuchel resurface after Porto boss accuses Mikel Arteta of insulting dead family member in Champions League defeat to Arsenal

The Porto boss claimed that Arteta insulted his family after the pair had to be separated following Arsenal's penalty shootout win in their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. Conceicao compared Arteta to Manchester City manager Guardiola, who he says also got nasty on the touchline in a previous meeting against Porto.

Asked what was said between the two, Conceicao replied: "That’s not important, what Arteta says or doesn’t say. During the game he turned to the bench and in Spanish, it must be a Spanish coach thing because it was the same thing with [Pep] Guardiola, he insulted my family. In the end I told him to pay attention because the person he insulted is no longer with us, and I told him to worry about coaching his team, because due to individual quality he has an obligation to do more and better."

Conceicao had accused Guardiola of insulting the Porto bench during a clash between Porto and City in 2020, and also said something similar about Thomas Tuchel when the German was in charge of Chelsea.

He said of Guardiola in 2020: "I’ve got a lot to learn from Pep Guardiola, in the way he pressures referees, talks to opposition players and the opposition dugout. He’s a fantastic example. I have to learn this. We were angels compared to the other dugout. He spoke about our country using ugly words. Guardiola’s attitude was extremely unpleasant."

That same season, his team faced Chelsea, and he remarked about Tuchel: "I was insulted by this man who is next door. I told the referee that the fourth referee heard the insults. My English is not perfect, there is no point in talking about it. There was no exchange of words because I was focused on the game, I don’t know why he reacted."

Conceicao will hope his side can shake off the disappointment of losing to Arsenal as they return to Liga Portugal action this weekend. Porto are third in the league and seven points behind Sporting CP. Arsenal, meanwhile, will find out their opponents in the quarter-finals of the Champions League when the draw is made on Friday.