Jose already accepting Monday derby defeat

And Mourinho was left infuriated by the line of questioning.

However, Guardiola, the former Bayern Munich boss, says when the two come together inside the China’s Bird’s Nest Stadium for the first Manchester derby outside of the United Kingdom, he will have no problem recognizing the Portugues coach.

It is the first time we’ll see Pep Guardiola’s City and Jose Mourinho’s United pit themselves against each other but it’s going to be a far from tenacious affair.

“We were supposed to fly with two different planes, with half of us in one plane and half in the other”, added Mourinho.

“They had to make an unscheduled landing for a couple of hours, and then they arrived in the hotel to have dinner at one o’clock in the morning”.

There is little at stake on Monday in China though because the game is only a friendly and according to Guardiola, it will be played in the right spirit – on and off the pitch.

And with more storms forecast today, the match itself could be in the balance.

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Asked what he wanted from the game, Guardiola said: “No injuries”.

Mourinho had moved the news conference outside to the stadium’s running track due to complaints about the heat in the press room and there being too many journalists.

Then he comically struggled to be heard among as a few hundred fans chanted from the stands.

Guardiola acknowledged that conditions would not be ideal and his first priority at this stage of pre-season was to avoid any injuries.

Mourinho said: “The pitch is very bad and the pitch and condition of my players is more important in pre-season”.

“He [Mourinho] wants to win, I want to win”, said Guardiola.

“I would like to be manager when I finish playing”, Rooney said.

“I don’t understand the question to him or to me”.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho became riled by questions over whether he will shake hands with Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola.

“Normally when we say lucky we say lucky because we want a good result”. We were opponents for three years [as managers of Real Madrid and Barcelona] but we are professionals.