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Rival football fans get 'Fraudiola' trending on Twitter in the wake of Man City's late collapse

Rival fans are mocking Pep Guardiola by labelling him as 'Fraudiola' for the money he has spent at Manchester City, but failed to deliver a Champions League.

The Spaniard has failed in six consecutive seasons in Europe, despite enjoying plenty of success domestically, winning three Premier League titles, four League Cups, one FA Cup and two English Super Cups.

But City have been desperately chasing down Champions League success that seems to allude them crashing out in the knock-out each season.

In 2017, they were knocked out by Monaco in the last-16, 2018 they were beaten by Liverpool 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, it was then defeat to Tottenham in the quarter-finals the following.