BELGRADE: Chris Coleman (pic) has reacted angrily to Serbia leftback Aleksandar Kolarov's comments about Wales‘ playing style, and insists he should be more worried about the threat of Gareth Bale.

The 25-year-old Kolarov, who signed for Manchester City from Lazio in 2010 for £17 million, upset the Welsh faithful after claiming that all teams in Great Britain play the long ball.

Wales coach Coleman responded to the claims, diverting the attention onto the problem that could face Serbia when the two clash in a World Cup qualifier today rather than his side's style of football.

“That's up to him. How much has he actually seen of us? Has he watched our games? Has he been scouting us?" said Coleman.

“It's up to us to keep Mr. Kolarov busy. If Gareth plays down his side he'll have to concentrate hard on his own style of play rather than worrying about us. “They've got their own problems.

"We have been told that the game has been switched to Novi Sad because the crowd in Belgrade are disillusioned with their national team."

The former Fulham and Coventry manager was keen to focus on the upcoming fixture rather than dwell on Kolarov's comments, and stressed that his side must repeat their performance in the controversial 2-0 loss to Belgium to have a chance for success.

 “We must have the same attitude we showed against Belgium on Friday night. We're looking forward to this, it's a big game for us,"said Coleman.

“Their players will have to concentrate on themselves rather than worry about us. We won't comment on other teams' style of play. We'll get on with what we have to do.”

- mD