Pep Guardiola is highly regarded as one of the best coaches in the world. The Spaniard popularly known for spending big and tiki-taka style of football has achieve a lot as a coach. He curriculum vitae speaks volume.
He holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League. Guardiola finished the calendar year 2009 with a record
At Barcelona Pep Guardiola won six trophies, the Spanish League, Copa del Rey, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup , European Super Cup and Club World Cup becoming the first manager in history to do so. He walls also the first manager in Barcelona's history to beat Real Madrid four times in a row in El Clásico.
While at Bayern he won an incredible 7 trophies at Bayern Munich including 3 straight Bundesliga title. He has also won numerous awards including Premier League Manager of the Season, FIFA World Coach of the Year and European Coach of the Season.
However, Pep coming to the English Premier League was seen as a determinant if he could excel but he came and imposed his tiki-taka style at Manchester City. He won the title back to back with an eye catching football that made his team win the title with a record-breaking 100 points.
Despite his achievements in other leagues there are some records of Pep Guardiola that has been broken since he came to Premier League.
1. A Pep Guardiola-managed team had never conceded five goals until Manchester City's 5-2 defeat by Leicester last week.
2.Prior to last season, Pep Guardiola has never finished runners-up in a league title with over 15 points but last season Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool surpassed him with unbelievable 18 points.
3. Prior to when he came to Premier League Guardiola has never lost 3 away games in a row but 1-0 loss made pep broke the unwanted record.
4. Pep Guardiola-managed team has never lost more than 6 league games in a season but last season the Spaniard lost 9 leagues including 3 away games in a row.
5. No player has ever scored ✌️ hat tricks against a team managed by Guardiola. Vardy is the only player to score two hat-tricks against sides managed by the Spaniard in all competitions.
6. As part of a series of Premier League rule changes, managers can now be shown yellow and red cards for misconduct. And Pep Guardiola became the first coach of the season to be cautioned by a match official against Liverpool in a community Shield 🛡 match.
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