The New York Times

Pep Guardiola and his many tactical reinventions

Guardiola, pictured as Barcelona manager in 2008, and Manchester City manager in 2025 Getty Images Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game in management — a 3-0 win over Liverpool — witnessed the latest in a ...
The New York Times

Pep Guardiola’s first game as a manager: ‘It was tough, he came down to the mud’

Guardiola on the Barca B bench in December 2007 (Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images) Why are we about to tell you about a 0-0 draw in the Spanish fourth division from 18 years ago? Because it was Pep ...

What Guardiola's old newspaper column reveals about Man City's new tactics

Guardiola in 2026 still believes in unlocking low blocks by dominating possession, and pinning teams into their own half, as ...
Fox Sports

'The numbers are insane': Guardiola reaches 1,000 games in a coaching career that's changed soccer

It all started on Sept. 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 fans. Eighteen years later, Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads ...