Pep Guardiola has defended Manchester City star Bernardo Silva against accusations of racism.
The FA have written to City for their observations following a controversial tweet posted by Silva to team-mate Benjamin Mendy.
Silva - who could be hit with a six-game ban if charged and found guilty - compared City team-mate Mendy to the character on the packet of a sweet brand available in Spain and Portugal.
The anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out called on the FA to act, but Guardiola claimed there was no racist undertone to the tweet sent by the Portugal star.
"They should put their focus on another issue, because they don't know which guy you are talking about," said Guardiola.
"Bernardo is one of most lovely people I ever met in my life.
"He speaks four or five languages and that is the best way to understand how open-minded he is and one of his best friends is Mendy. He’s like a brother for him.
"The image is not about the colour of the skin. He took a picture of Benjamin when he was younger and he related it to this cartoon, which was quite similar for the image.
"Honestly, I don't think about what happened about that. If they want to do that and ask Bernardo, I think he will be open to talk.
"But first you have to know exactly which person you are talking about.
"There are many situations with people, with white people and you look at a cartoon, and the face is quite similar as your face and you put it in there, it's quite similar.
"I think the response from Mendy was clear after that. They are joking all the time.
"Maybe what I say as advice is to hide [from] social media, because if something happened it would be a mistake.
"Bernardo is an exceptional person.
"A guy who can speak five languages, it’s because he’s open-minded – nothing about the colour of the skin, nationalities or whatever."
