To suggest Pep Guardiola has failed is ridiculous – but Champions League losses grate
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The Manchester City manager has delivered two Premier League titles and four domestic cups but the biggest prize looks as far away as ever
When Pep Guardiola came to Wembley for the 2011 Champions League final against Manchester United, he brought Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi and a fear factor. Only one man did not feel it – the United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.
According to Wayne Rooney, who was in the United team that night, Ferguson told his players they would go for the jugular. “I remember him saying: ‘We’re Man United and we’re going to attack – it’s in the culture of this football club,’” Rooney wrote in the Sunday Times two weeks ago. Continue reading...
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