A game that ended with Manchester City beating Barcelona for the first time; with Pep Guardiola beating them for the first time too. Manchester City weren’t perfect but have never had a better European night | Paul Wilson Read moreWhat had changed, everyone wondered? “Don’t ask me what Pep said,” Nolito replied, “my English still isn’t up to much.” Something certainly had. This was a different Guardiola team, a little countercultural: swifter, more direct, Guardiola explaining the value of “verticality”, beyond the pressure of Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Busquets. Pep Guardiola says beating Barcelona can transform Manchester City future Read moreOnly in the first half, it did.

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2016 14:20 UTC