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Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola says in the second half of the season ‘it is likely the title will be decided by results when top-six teams play each other’. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola Prefers Concern to Calm in Fight for Top Four

by Paul Wilson | Jan 6, 2017 | Sports

Pep Guardiola has admitted he is concerned Manchester City have a fight on their hands to remain in the top four but claims he prefers to have that worry rather than be relaxed at the top of the table. “I would rather be worried than calm and relaxed, especially with...

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Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have won only five of their past 16 matches in all competitions going into Sunday’s Premier League game at home to Arsenal. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Pep Guardiola’s Poor Buys and Endless Tinkering Take Toll on Manchester City

by Barney Ronay | Dec 21, 2016 | Sports

I know we are not going to win at some point … I know what’s going to happen to me when we don’t.” Manchester City were unbeaten and still freewheeling through the light traffic of early season when Pep Guardiola was asked in September about his chances of winning the...

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Manchester City’s manager Pep Guardiola, right, and his Everton counterpart Ronald Koeman are having to adapt their ideas after years of manning the Barcelona midfield in previous lives. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Guardiola and Koeman Recognise Difficulties of Tackling the Full English

by Paul Wilson | Dec 17, 2016 | Sports

English football. Is it any good or not? Do we have the game we desire, a contest with extra dimensions such as aggression and bravery, or is our version just a primitive ancestor of what everyone else is playing, a throwback revelling in the physical aspects of...

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Steven Gerrard was a hero as a player at Anfield and Liverpool appear ready to help him start his coaching career. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Getty Images

What next for Steven Gerrard?

by Paul Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Sports

Steven Gerrard is possibly the nearest modern equivalent to Sir Bobby Charlton – synonymous with one club, England centurion, capable of stamping his imprint on matches and admired throughout the game – so as he considers his options for the future on announcing his...

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Pep Guardiola says the Premier League is not especially intense and it’s time to admit that it’s not especially competitive. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images

Is the Premier League Less Predictable than other Leagues? Not Exactly

by Martin Laurence | Nov 16, 2016 | Sports

The Premier League may not be the best league in the world but it is the most unpredictable because any team can beat any other on their day.” That’s the go-to line for pundits and fans in England, and their theory was only strengthened by Leicester City’s remarkable...