DBasia.news – It’s no longer a secret if the league can be boring when Pep Guardiola trains big clubs there. The Manchester City manager know how to strengthen dominance on the domestic scene until he was called league specialist.
When Guardiola struggled to win the Champions League trophy without Lionel Messi on his side – lastly winning it in 2011 with Barcelona, the 48-year-old coach confirmed dominance in the domestic arena with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Man City.
Guardiola has only failed to win two of the league titles since the 2010/11 season. With Barcelona (2008-2012), Guardiola won the LaLiga title three times, while with Bayern (2013-2016) he won three Bundesliga titles in a row, and with Man City once in the last two seasons.
Guardiola chance in winning the Premier League title this season is quite large. They competed with Liverpool, who previously won the Premier League trophy in 1990, with a distance of two points. Even if you look at the journey at the beginning of this season, Man City did not start the season well.
Vincent Kompany and mates won 11 points lower than the beginning of last season, when they became champions of the Premier League with a record 100 points. But, thanks to the mentality of the City and Guardiola squad champions, they were able to cut the distance with Liverpool by no more than 10 points.
Like running a marathon, Man City, which was left behind, gradually overtook Liverpool and now the rivals can only hope that City loses points, Liverpool sweept away victories and won the Premier League title.
It’s not wrong to label Guardiola as a league specialist. Seven league trophies from 2008 – since Pep coached Barcelona – are a great achievement. Guardiola seemed to know what was needed to win the league.
His dominance continued to be confirmed in Europe’s top leagues. After achieving great success with Barcelona, making the Bundesliga a ‘boring league’ with Bayern’s dominance, Guardiola is now trying to bring Man City to do the same thing in the Premier League.
Guardiola also tried to erase the shadow of the success of city rivals, Manchester United, in the era of Sir Alex Ferguson. Man City is no longer a ‘noisy neighbor’ for United. They have a level of play that is far better than the Red Devils.
The following are the league title plus Guardiola’s points with Barcelona, Bayern and Man City:
Barcelona
– The 2008-09 season earned 87 points
– The 2009-10 season earned 99 points
– The 2010-11 season earned 96 points
Bayern Munich
– The 2013-14 season earned 90 points
– The 2014-15 season earned 79 points
– The 2015-16 season earned 88 points
Manchester City
– The 2017-18 season earned 100 points