#2 Pep Guardiola vs Jose Mourinho
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Ex-Manager of Europe’s Greatest Club ™ vs Ex Managed of Europe’s Greatest Club ™. They’ve never really liked each other, have they? To be fair Mourinho has done very little to get under Guardiola’s skin this season, probably because the Spaniard is on course to finish his first trophyless season as a Manager. But that doesn’t mean that both managers wouldn’t have spent the last few days analysing and re-analysing their opponents strengths and weaknesses to gain even the slightest of tactical upper hands in this fixture.
For a competitive Premier League and a riveting narrative, this league needs the two old dogs to be at each other’s throats. A less than stellar season for Manchester City has ensured that this deeply personal rivalry has become, for now, dormant. Guardiola needs this win to remind Mourinho that there was a rivalry in the first place.
Just in case you are reading this Pep, here’s a beauty from 2014. “Kim Kardashian could win the Bundesliga with Bayern. I’m serious. There is no challenge in Germany. She could play Kanye West in the holding role and achieve similar points to Mr Guardiola.” A 3-0 win in his favour and maybe Guardiola can compare Guardiola and Arteta(?) to a power couple of your choice.
