Manchester City: Pep Guardiola's 'fascinating' 2018 analysis of his team on Monday Night Football

Pep Guardiola has absolutely dominated the Premier League since joining Manchester City.

After spells with Barcelona and Bayern Munich that firmly established him as one of the greatest managers of all time, Guardiola had little to prove, but came to the English top flight in 2016 regardless.

In the time since, he’s taken City from a level of being an exciting team on the up, to one of club football’s most consistently elite sides, capable of outplaying anyone over a 90 minute contest.

Oh, he’s backed it up with silverware too. Lots of it.

Guardiola has won four Premier League titles over the last five seasons and completely raised the game in the league, smashing points records and elevating the expectation of title contenders significantly, all while playing crushing, total football.

It took him a year or so to adjust, but with consistent investment into the squad, patience and coherent planning, he has completely transformed City and turned them into a club now founded on intricate footballing philosophies, from the ground up.

And while it is absolutely infuriating for fans of other Premier League clubs who have to watch City play near perfect football most weeks and suffocate teams with intricate passing, detailed approach play and killer instinct around the box, sometimes you’ve got to doff your cap and simply admire the genius.

Guardiola’s understanding of the game was on show on Monday Night Football in 2018, with footage resurfacing on YouTube of himself, Gary Neville and David Jones analysing a clip of his side following their 2017/18 title win.

It’s seriously captivating to watch. Not just for the close-ups of Guardiola’s team in action, but for his thoughts and musings about what he’s looking for in the