Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City manager, is set to take charge of his 1,000th game when the Citizens take on Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday, November 9. The 54-year-old has
managed to win a whopping 715 matches in all competitions after taking charge of a team for the first time in 2007 at Barcelona B before going on to become one of the greatest managers of all-time.
Notably, Pep Guardiola has gone on to win 12 top-flight titles at Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City along with three UEFA Champions League titles and 14 victories in cup competitions. For the better part of the last two decades, he has lost only 128 matches in 999 outings as manager of some of the biggest teams in club football not just in Europe but all over the world.
We have won incredible things in Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City: Pep Guardiola
In his latest press conference ahead of the big Premier League contest at home, when he was asked about the number of wins in his managerial career thus far, Pep Guardiola responded, as per BBC Sport, “Of course I know, a lot. The numbers are insane, I'm sorry to tell you. I'm not thinking how many but when you have the milestones and you read what you have done, the victories, the average, not just in Premier League but in the Champions League too, we have won incredible things in Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and here.”
“It is difficult to reach and if I start again I would not reach it, it is too much games. A few defeats, comparing 1,000 games and hopefully on Sunday I hope we can continue,” he added. During his time at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola has set new records, becoming the first team to win four league titles in England apart from reaching 100 points in the league for the first-time ever.
Manchester City have also become the first team to win a domestic treble in English football and it happened under Pep Guardiola.
