Pep Guardiola’s five most damaging defeats and where 6-3 Real Madrid mauling ranks
A year ago it would have been challenging to recall five notable Pep Guardiola defeats. The manager’s status as the best of his generation was assured, with Manchester City’s dominance acting as a PhD thesis in how to dominate football.
There was a time when Pep Guardiola used to fantasise about fielding a team made entirely of midfielders. “I love midfield players,” he would say. “They are the most intelligent players.
It is on the most exalted stages that you can feel the loneliest. This, at least, was the experience of Pep Guardiola, who in his 15th season as a manager, endured his most harrowing Bernabeu ordeal.
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