Tactical Analysis: Pep Guardiola’s experimental field day for Manchester City against Fulham

Tactical Analysis: Pep Guardiola’s experimental field day for Manchester City against Fulham – originally posted on Sportslens.com After returning to winning ways in an emphatic manner against Southampton, Manchester City travelled to Craven Cottage to face a resurgent Fulham. Just after Thomas Tuchel’s failed experiment against Leeds United, Pep Guardiola decided to cross the back […]

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Guardiola complains about City pitch compared to Old Trafford ‘carpet’

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has complained about the state of the pitch at the Etihad Stadium by comparing it to other club’s “carpets”. City bounced back to winning ways in midweek with a 5-2 victory over Southampton in the Premier League after a small blip against arch-rivals Manchester United at the weekend. And Guardiola doesn’t […]

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Parker waxes lyrical over Pep as he plots another upset

Fulham manager Scott Parker hailed Pep Guardiola as an “incredible coach” ahead of the visit of Manchester City to Craven Cottage on Saturday. The Cottagers secured a 1-0 win at Anfield on Sunday, and currently sit in the Premier League relegation zone, but level on points with Brighton in 17th place and just one behind […]

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Klopp second to Pep? He barely makes the top ten…

Feel free to name other managers better than Jurgen Klopp in your mails to theeditor@football365.com.   Klopp squeezes into top ten managers Hong Kong Ian says Liverpool “[h]ired a world class manager second only to Pep”. Now, I agree to a certain extent, Klopp is certainly a world class manager there’s no doubt, but is […]

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Guardiola: City ‘suffered’ but their ‘quality’ was the difference

Pep Guardiola admitted that Southampton made it “very hard” for his Manchester City players even though the league-leaders won 5-2. City started the game slowly, but they made the most of their first attack in the 15th minute. Oleksandr Zinchenko was found on the left flank and he sent a ball in towards Phil Foden. […]

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Foden, Aguero may start for Man City against Saints

Pep Guardiola may offer recalls to Phil Foden and Sergio Aguero after they did not start last weekend’s Manchester derby. Manager Pep Guardiola could make changes following Sunday’s derby loss to Manchester United, which ended a 21-match winning run in all competitions. Record goalscorer Sergio Aguero, an unused substitute in five of the last seven […]

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Reporter annoys Man City boss Guardiola with ‘joke’ question

Pep Guardiola sarcastically claimed that Man City will beat Southampton 18-0 when the sides meet on Wednesday after a reporter annoyed him with a line of questioning. Rivals Man Utd ended City’s 21-match unbeaten run on Sunday when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side won the Manchester derby 2-0 thanks to goals from Bruno Fernandes and Luke […]

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Guardiola denies City are in ‘bad moment’ after derby defeat

Pep Guardiola has insisted that he and his team will not feel “depressed” following their Manchester derby defeat as their focus now turns to Southampton. Man City’s 28-game unbeaten run in all competitions was ended by arch-rivals Man United on Sunday. The league leaders had also won 21 consecutive games before the weekend. This scintillating […]

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16 Conclusions: Manchester City 0-2 Manchester United

Manchester United were excellent but have been here before and must make this count for something. Pep Guardiola has a few thoughts to ponder.   1) “Our challenge is to finish second but I want to congratulate City for the title – because they are going to win and deservedly. They gave no chance to the […]

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Guardiola: Derby defeat is a ‘lesson’ for wasteful City

Pep Guardiola insisted that his Manchester City side were not “clinical” enough in attacking areas against Manchester United. City had a nightmare start as they gave away a penalty after just 35 seconds. Anthony Martial advanced into the area and he was clumsily brought down by Gabriel Jesus. Ederson judged Bruno Fernandes’ penalty well as […]

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