MANCHESTER -- Pep Guardiola joked that his Manchester City players wouldn't be playing as well if he had introduced a sex ban.
The City boss responded to claims from French midfielder Samir Nasri, who said that Guardiola had put a ban on sex before midnight.
Nasri, who is now on a year-long loan at Sevilla, claimed that the Catalan coach had introduced the curfew at former clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich because it helped top players like Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski to avoid injuries.
But the 45-year-old dismissed suggestions that he interfered with the love lives of his squad and said sex helps their performances on the pitch.