Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola highlighted “fatigue”, injuries and Arsenal’s quality as reasons for his tactics as his side took an unusually defensive approach in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at the ...

After some (big) early moves in the transfer market, the question was: what exactly is Pep Guardiola cooking? 13 goals and a 100% start to the Club World Cup, bodes well for next season, but in their ...

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 ...

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola are widely recognised as innovators within football. They have helped to advance sports science with strategies ranging from ultra-individualised nutrition and ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has opened up on the state of the Premier League and its tactics. Under Mikel Arteta and set-piece specialist coach Nicolas Jover, Arsenal have become set piece ...

The two managers meet on Wednesday in a Champions League match that is already key to Alonso's future at Real Madrid ...

A lively debate has erupted among Independent readers in response to chief football writer Miguel Delaney’s analysis of the game’s post-Guardiola era. Opinions were divided over whether the game’s ...

England legend Paul Gascoigne has suggested that Manchester City players have become bored of manager Pep Guardiola's tactics. Guardiola’s side were of the table at the end of October with no losses ...

Speaking to the press ahead of Manchester City’s league clash against Sunderland on Saturday afternoon, Guardiola confirmed ...

Xabi Alonso also had plenty of praise for a figure never far from the gossip column.