LONDON – Pep Guardiola has developed a fine routine in praising his opponents before his Manchester City team then systematically take them apart.
It can come across as patronising, though there is also a sense Guardiola likes the game to be played the right way, with open, attacking football. It just so happens that City tend to wreak havoc against opponents who play that way.
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