Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich

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It sat even worse when The Reds took the European crown that still eludes City, before pushing them off the summit domestically this season. That certainly wasn’t meant to happen. The right of Martí Perarnau to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance The defeat at Spurs was perhaps the perfect microcosm of City’s current state. They played some very nice football, dominated for extended periods, and carved out chance after chance. Whether it’s Barcelona’s double Champions League-winning 4-3-3 or Bayern’s evolution on a theme, one constant remains in Guardiola’s arsenal: the need to deliver the ball to his best players, in as much space as possible, in the inside channels. REVEALED: Pep Guardiola crowned football's most influential manager above Jurgen Klopp ahead of Man City's match against Liverpool

We’ve done so much tactical work,” says Martinez. “He has shown me 200 videos and taught me concepts: when to move out with the ball, when to mark, where to position myself. He has an idea and knows how to teach it every session. He’s incredible.” It was just a very odd time to make such a comment, and came across as the sort of paranoid snipe that you would normally associate with the kind of fan who decides to phone a radio call-in show and rant about how every point Liverpool have gained this season is down to a conspiracy to make them champions. The extreme effort it would take to be that concentrated and contemplative for such a period against an opponent like that would be too much for him. I could hear him being upset on the side, but I still went there – I didn’t really care,” admitted Henry. “I scored a goal, and at half-time he took me off.” MARK CLATTENBURG: Why Newcastle's goal against Arsenal should have been disallowed... but the officials were right not to send anyone off at St James' Park

This week’s free podcast in the aftermath of Liverpool’s score draw at The Etihad reflects on the game, how it played out and what the Reds can take from the result.

Richard Keys claims Mohamed Salah will 'probably' leave Liverpool at the end of the season after Saudi summer interest... and questions why the Egyptian has 'never had a sniff' at major individual honours Statistics don’t turn him on. What gets him passionate is the play itself and his post-match analysis of it.

Lugedes häiris, et Meistrite Liigast rääkides kasutati sellist kirjapilti ainult vist korra. Korra jäi silma "meistriteliiga", kuid üldiselt oli tõlkija valinud kirjapildiks "meistriliiga". Mis jalgpallihuvilistest lugejate jaoks on kõige valem valik, sest see sõna tähendab riikide koduseid meistrivõistlusi. Isegi inglise keeles kasutatakse ju Champions League'i nimes meistrite kohta mitmust. The excellent book on Guardiola’s spell at Bayern, Pep Confidential, by Marti Perarnau begins with the Kasparov story, and it came to mind as soon as Pep had finished his press conference at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday. Brazil vs Argentina timeline: How one of world football's fiercest rivalries descended into chaos with fighting between fans and police

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Of course, we don't know for sure what "unrestricted access" really meant. There could have been a lot of informal agreements of what could be written and not for the author to remain with the group.

Detailing the individual and team management of players could be the highest point of the book, specially when things went bad.Maybe it’s because losing is something that happens so rarely to Guardiola, but nowhere does the weight of defeat fall heavier than on his own shoulders. Intimate with his players, he cried with youngster Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg when the midfielder lost his father to stomach cancer But it is his forensic dossiers on upcoming opponents that Guardiola appreciates most. Frequently working two weeks ahead of himself, Planchart and his team review the opposition’s previous six matches, with 50-60 bite-size moves adding further detail. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's son is selected for Sweden Under 15s boot camp... as former national team manager plays down comparisons Despite an unremarkable first campaign, he went on to cultivate arguably the most impressive team English football has ever seen across a two-year period, as City gobbled up two Premier League titles by collating 198 points in just 76 games, as well as two League Cups and an FA Cup.