Vincent Kompany has admitted his frustration at being compared to his former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

Kompany, who has been at Anderlecht since leaving City in 2019, is now fully retired from playing and is the sole manager of the Belgian side. His beginning to life in management has not been plain sailing, and after 14 games this season, Anderlecht are seventh in the Jupiler Pro League as they look to get back into Europe next season.

As Kompany looks to make his own name in management, he says there have been a number of unhelpful comparisons with Guardiola, who he worked with for three years at City.

Those comparisons, Kompany says, is unhelpful, as he tries to develop his own style that fits with Anderlecht's historical style of play.

He told Eleven Sports: "You have to stop comparing with Guardiola because I didn't come here saying that Anderlecht was going to become Manchester City.

"I never said it but it will stick to my skin even if I never say it. It bothers me that we're getting too close to Pep because it's totally inaccessible. It makes the club look like a naive club, but we are not on the pitch.

"No one is talking about reproducing anything. Pep went to Barcelona to draw from [Johan] Cruyff and the Anderlecht I knew and the academy from which all the players came from draw on Ajax in terms of DNA.

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'But it's not good for the club to bring this debate back to that and ultimately it doesn't reflect what we're trying to do. It's the Anderlecht identity that interests us and that's it. It will be different from other clubs and we have to accept it."

Staying defiant, Kompany insisted he will persist with his instincts of playing an Anderlecht-way, rather than trying to imitate any other manager.

He continued: 'It's always like that in football. When Pep wins everyone will want to play like him.

"It's like religion, one wants to prove it's right about everything and the other wants to prove it's wrong about everything. There is no absolute truth.

"I know a way of playing and principles that correspond to what Anderlecht has been historically. It should not be forgotten.

"What will I gain if I ask my players to fall back, throw long ball and create a defensive block? Even if I win the title, my journey is useless."