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Manchester City win best men's team award at the 2023 Ballon d'Or after their st (10/2023): It came as no surprise after Pep Guardiola's side were by far the best team in Europe and the Premier League last season. The young striker has failed to consistently hold down a starting spot up front having often played second fiddle to the now departed Sergio Aguero. And while it would be stretching matters to suggest they passed with flying colours, that the Reds have emerged unscathed from the toughest challenge of any season will provide confidence to Klopp’s side and send a message to their main rivals. Another one they can thank Sevilla’s director of football Monchi for, having signed him from their La Liga rivals in 2008. 4. Javier Mascherano In informal conversations during training sessions, Guardiola had even pictured Grealish acting as a false nine in his system, something he tried out last season at Anfield. Results were not convincing.
Now they are the reason why he is staying — no matter if some of them are facing decisions on their own futures, which is why City can be expected to be busy next summer. Pep Guardiola has never made any secret of the fact he won't keep an unhappy player and Joao Cancelo is not happy at his limited game time. We have a lot of space in behind, and they have incredible runs with [Luis] Diaz, with Darwin Nunez, with [Mohamed] Salah, of course, and now with [Dominik] Szoboszlai and [Ryan] Gravenberch."A European Cup-winner as a midfielder with Barcelona in 1992, Guardiola won two editions of the Champions League in his first tenure as a coach with his old club, before venturing abroad to take charge of Bayern and then City. He steered the English club to the final in 2021, but they lost out to Premier League rivals Chelsea. However, his side then beat Inter in the 2023 final in Istanbul to end his 12-year wait for a third Champions League success as a coach. Champions League final records Two-time European Cup-winning coaches Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez was involved in a heated exchange with Pep Guardiola in the immediate aftermath of the full-time whistle at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola refuses to underestimate Aston Villa during t (02/2020): Having won 29 trophies as a manager, many of them a lot more significant than the Carabao Cup, one could forgive Pep Guardiola for being blasé about the challenge of facing Aston Villa. The touch and shot that arrowed past Ederson with 10 minutes of normal time left had all the hallmarks of the iconic former Reds skipper and was enough to earn a 1-1 draw after Erling Haaland’s opener. It’s the first time this season that none of Klopp’s front five have registered but the sweet strike from Alexander-Arnold more than made up for it for the supporters in the away end and the shushing of the rival fans who were baying for blood was the cherry on top from a Liverpool perspective.
Gundogan has had a hugely successful stint at City, performing in several different midfield roles for the Blues. Our coverage of Manchester City is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaker's role. He spent the majority of his career with Barcelona, forming a part of Johan Cruyff's Dream Team that won the club's first European Cup in 1992, and four successive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994. He captained the team from 1997 until his departure from Barcelona in 2001. Guardiola then had stints with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar and Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico. He was capped 47 times for the Spanish national team and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as at UEFA Euro 2000. He also played friendly matches for Catalonia.
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Make no mistake, City firmly believe their old rivals are in the hunt once more. The subtle shake of the head from Pep Guardiola as he prepared to enter his own press conference betrayed the Catalan’s feelings about the result. Perhaps he shared Silva's belief of a renewed, refreshed Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp played down the touchline altercation between Darwin Nunez and Pep Guardiola after Liverpool’s hard-fought draw against Manchester City.
Darwin Nunez simply couldn’t help himself. But Pep Guardiola can’t complain too much about being on the receiving end this time. Uefa’s rules state that “No individual or legal entity may have control or influence over more than one club participating in a Uefa club competition”. Emotions. I am not sure I am the one who should explain it as I wasn’t the one involved – surprisingly! - I was absolutely not involved. I love them both so I tried to calm the situation down a bit without knowing 100% what had happened because I didn’t understand a word. City’s record goalscorer Sergio Aguero had left in the summer 2021 shortly before turning 33 and even if Guardiola’s team was thriving with a striker-less system, sources close to the manager, who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions, admitted that “as an institution — and for the long-term project — this club needed a striker”. He reached another impressive milestone in April 2023, claiming a 100th home Premier League win in record time when City beat Liverpool 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium.He developed his game learning alongside Puyol, and has subsequently become a leader himself, unafraid to speak out about political issues and Catalan independence off the pitch, putting in cultured performances on it and even taking a heavy pay cut as Barca have struggled financially of late. And when he realised the time came to hang up his boots, he did it without fuss. Could Pep do it without Messi? Without Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets? Without his mother tongue? In another culture? In another league? How do you take over a treble-winning Bayern Munich side at the peak of its powers?
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