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Who is the player making Pep Guardiola’s heart go “…pff” ahead of Man City-Arsenal decider? | Football News

Who is the player making Pep Guardiola’s heart go “…pff” ahead of Man City-Arsenal decider? | Football News

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There are Arsenal’s highly controlled, clockwork, almost Teutonic setpieces. And then there’s the free-flowing, mind-of-his-own Man City playmaker, Rayan Cherki. Ahead of the big Premier League showdown against Arsenal, Man City coach Pep Guardiola, was trying to contain and channel the effervescence of his young French midfielder, who tends to do his own thing but is highly effective for the team. Cherki had got Guardiola confessing that he was loosening some of his controlling strings ahead of the Chelsea game last week. “Rayan is a special, special player. He is a little bit of a free soul. I am a manager who likes control, we know this. So sometimes, on the touchline, it is so, so tough to watch. My heart… pff,” he was quoted as saying by Goal.com. City have Haaland and they have a bunch of others who he has tried to fit into his patterns. But Cherki has left Guardiola reconsidering his own beliefs. ALSO READ | Arteta vs Guardiola, master vs protege: A title decider 25 years in making “He gets …

‘Stay home’: Pep Guardiola’s stern message to Manchester City players who don’t believe they can overturn 3-0 deficit vs Real Madrid in UCL | Football News

‘Stay home’: Pep Guardiola’s stern message to Manchester City players who don’t believe they can overturn 3-0 deficit vs Real Madrid in UCL | Football News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 16, 2026 07:29 PM IST Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola had a stern message for his underperforming outfit ahead of the crucial Champions League Round of 16 2nd leg against Real Madrid: If you don’t believe, you can stay home. City are coming into the match after getting totally humbled by the Spanish counterparts where they were blanked 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeau. “If they don’t believe, it’s a problem. They are adults. They have good salaries. If they don’t believe in that in the Champions League, go home, stay home. We have to try. What do we have to lose?,” Guardiola said. “Madrid never came back in history? I don’t know how many – 50 Champions League games, they never came back from 3-0? Of course, it’s a tough result. But we have to try, for respect for the people, for fans, for our job, you know?,” he added. Guardiola also explained why he gave the City players a day off after their 1-1 draw vs West Ham. “The players …

Champions League Talking Points as Kylian Mbappe Leaves Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City Comfortably Numb At Santiago Bernabeu

Champions League Talking Points as Kylian Mbappe Leaves Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City Comfortably Numb At Santiago Bernabeu

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Erling Haaland benched, Ruben Dias left on the floor and Josko Gvardiol ended up sliding – Kylian Mbappe co-directed a magical night with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Mercurial Mbappe fired a stunning hat-trick to dump Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City out of the UEFA Champions League as the record-time winners made a mockery of the blockbuster tie at home. Madrid’s 3-1 triumph over the English Premier League holders sanctioned Guardiola’s first exit from the elite competition before the traditional round of 16 phase. The former FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager suffered his maiden rout prior to the knockout round in his 16th season. The record tenth meeting between Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti was headlined by on-song Mbappe, who became the first player to have hat tricks at Bernabeu (against Man City) and Camp Nou (against Barcelona) in Champions League history. Equalling Lionel Messi‘s lowkey feat in the Champions League, Madrid’s No.9 is the joint-highest goal-getter (7) against Guardiola. With 358 goals and 142 assists 500 at the age of …

Manchester City’s mega slump: 1 win in 13 matches as Pep Guardiola’s men suffer another setback against Everton | Football News

Manchester City’s mega slump: 1 win in 13 matches as Pep Guardiola’s men suffer another setback against Everton | Football News

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The mighty Manchester City continues to drop points in the Premier League as Pep Guardiola’s defending champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home by a gritty Everton side. City’s slump has seen them win just once in their last 13 matches across all competitions and they provisionally sit sixth in the table with 28 points, 11 below leaders Liverpool who have two games in hand. Everton are 15th, five points above the drop zone, but have now earned three impressive, successive draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and City. Bernardo Silva scored an early goal but City could only muster a single point in the first of the Boxing Day games in England’s top flight on Thursday. Silva scored in the 14th minute when Jeremy Doku played a ball in behind the Toffees’ defence and Silva slid in to fire into the far corner from a tight angle. But Iliman Ndiaye drew Everton level in the 36th when he took a touch to settle the ball, then unleashed a shot from the centre of the …

Pep Guardiola’s crisis continues as Manchester City fans unfurl banner of support | Football News

Pep Guardiola’s crisis continues as Manchester City fans unfurl banner of support | Football News

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“Més que un entrenador” – “More Than A Coach”. Money can’t currently fix the problem going around at Manchester City. No Ballon d’Or winner Rodri and the absence of other key players has derailed City’s title defense well before the end of the year, and to such an effect that City fans are now attempting to resuscitate the spirit of Guardiola by reframing the ‘es que un club’ Catalan message that adorns the halls of Barcelona FC, the club where Guardiola first built himself up as a coach extraordinaire. Despite that banner unfurled at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, City fell to two late Manchester United goals and slumped to their eighth defeat in eleven games – one of the lowest spells seen by Guardiola as a manager in his career. “Today we have to win. I’m the boss, I’m the manager and I’m not good enough. I have to find solutions and so far I haven’t. That’s the reality. I want it, desperately. But eight out of 11? I’m here to try and will …

Pep Guardiola’s passion can make you ‘obsessed’ with football: Phil Foden | Football News

Pep Guardiola’s passion can make you ‘obsessed’ with football: Phil Foden | Football News

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Manchester City forward Phil Foden believes that coach Pep Guardiola’s rabid intensity and passion for the game has rubbed off on the team, and led to the development of a winning culture among the playing group — much of whom have won five Premier League titles in the last seven seasons under the Spanish coach. Guardiola’s emotional side has been exposed this week as City gave up a three-goal lead to Feyenoord in the Champions League on the back of four consecutive defeats in all competitions. The coach even showed up for media duties with scratches on his head and nose, light-heartedly claiming he did it himself to ‘hurt himself’ before walking back on those comments. In an interview with British newspaper The Times, Foden said his coach’s intensity is infectious. “He (Pep Guardiola) is fiery — at the right times,” the 24-year-old said. “But also he has the very nice side… He’s caring.” “In the (City) dressing room we’re all just playing two touches before a big game. That’s the way we are. It’s …

Erling Haaland: Pep Guardiola’s latest muse is bringing master tactician out of Lionel Messi’s shadow | Football News

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The movement is so slick that Erling Haaland seems almost automatic, a machine whirring to life. He does not need to pause or ponder. He always seems to know where the ball would come, how it would come, where he needs to run, how he should run, when he needs to run, and where he needs to shoot, as though everything is programmed, as though his coach Pep Guardiola needs to press the buttons of Playstation, hidden somewhere under his turtle neck tees. Haaland doesn’t waste, doesn’t fuss, and scores goals as if it were the simplest thing in the world, to such an extent that he is demystifying the often complex art of scoring a goal. The most frightening proposition for defenders this season is that he has never looked as emphatic as he did in the first three games, delivering a consummate exhibition of finishing and movement. The first year was about both the man and the club understanding each other and devising a path that enhances each other. Of Guardiola making City …