MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A banner inside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Sunday was adorned with a photo of their manager with the words 'Pep Guardiola, he changed football' printed across it.
Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Chelsea - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - May 21, 2023 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates with the trophy after winning the Premier League REUTERS/Carl Recine
His record of 11 league titles in 15 seasons as manager of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now City, speaks for itself. "Fifth Premier League title in six years, I could not imagine winning five in six," Guardiola told reporters. City trailed Arsenal by eight points until a few weeks ago in the Premier League title race and Guardiola said that when Mikel Arteta's side reached the halfway point with 50 points in the bag he thought it might be impossible to catch them."The first half Arsenal did 50 points and I had the feeling they'd done something special, we were there and they felt it," said the Spaniard, who took charge in 2016.
Jack Grealish, who took a while to find his feet at City and was clearly not fully trusted by Guardiola in his first season, epitomises the effect the former Spain midfielder has.
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