At 3am on Thursday, April 24, Guardiola is considering the obvious fact that Real Madrid will shut up shop when they visit the Allianz Arena for the second leg and that he will be counting on all the same weapons as in the first game. Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool: Trent Alexander-Arnold earns Reds a point with a sumptuous strike late on to cancel out Erling Haaland's record-breaking 50th Premier League goal for the champions Weeks after he joined the club, Guardiola’s Bayern scored from a remarkable 94-pass move against Manchester City in the Champions League. Premier League defences, you have been warned.

Jurgen Klopp fumes as Toulouse fans interrupt his press conference held in a TENT with raucous chanting after 3-2 win over Liverpool SOUL OF SPORT: ANDY HOOPER was at Stamford Bridge to capture Emma Hayes' Chelsea side running riot against Liverpool ISAAN KHAN: Forget VAR, Mikel, you've got bigger problems to solve! Arsenal need to sign a striker in January and Arteta has created an unnecessary goalkeeper conundrum FA suspend council member for saying 'Adolf Hitler would be proud of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu', as they launch investigation Roy Keane analyses EVERY red card of his career - with the former Man United captain calling out an old team-mate and ref in the process

Also in the show Neil talks to Natalie Bromley about Burnley and Tom Fahey about Aston Villa.

Talk of Guardiola’s intensity is nothing new. He dedicates nearly every waking hour to planning his training sessions, coming up with tactical schemes and studying potential signings and upcoming opponents. Only by completely immersing himself in how his team will play, how his players will interact on the pitch, does he feel able to perform at his best. The coach also has Garry Kasparov’s words ringing in his ears: “Remember, Pep, you don’t win games just because you’ve moved your pieces to the front.”

RECAP Man City 1-1 Liverpool - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates as Trent Alexander-Arnold equalises late on for the Reds with a brilliant strike to cancel out Erling Haaland's opener for the champions Pep’s free-flowing philosophy may be what draws in the casual observer, but he dedicates more training sessions to defensive organisation than anything else. It shows: before the 2015-16 winter break Bayern had conceded only 49 goals in 85 Bundesliga games since he arrived, keeping 50 clean sheets. At Guardiola’s side since 2007, Torrent has evolved from doing scouting for Barcelona B to becoming assistant coach at Bayern Munich. Torrent stayed in the Catalan capital a year longer than Guardiola, who eventually persuaded him to move to Germany as his second-in-command.Have you seen how smart Philipp [Lahm] is? How the guy turns and protects possession and also splits the opposition?” Jose Mourinhotakes swipe at ex-Chelsea star by labelling him a 'fantastic diver' after Roma's derby draw with Lazio... claiming 'he could be a SWIMMER' Pep Guardiola admits that he could see himself managing Manchester United one day (and he turned down Manchester City and Chelsea for the Bayern Munich job!) Access inside the changing room and behind the scenes that any journalist or writer would kill for - Perarnau's insights are astonishing' - Graham Hunter

It’s a system Pep learned as part of Cruyff’s Dream Team. In his autobiography, Guardiola describes the play as “ pels extrems i amb els extrems”, a wonderful Catalan phrase that means “on the limit and with the wingers”.

Was this page helpful?

Gary Lineker slams 'most ridiculous penalty decision' against England as Rico Lewis is controversially penalised for foul in North Macedonia clash Tottenham's Brennan Johnson and Max Kilman of Wolves become the first Premier League players to don body cameras on TNT Sports

Nothing is left to chance. The same long-established process is followed religiously in preparation for each fixture. Such painstaking preparation serves to calm the 44-year-old coach’s pre-game nerves. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits he 'didn't understand a word' of Darwin Nunez's full-time spat with Pep Guardiola after he took on unlikely peacemaker role... as the Reds boss insists 'I love them both'

Sign up to our newsletter

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards debate their England starting XI for Euro 2024 with the trio disagreeing on THREE positions Major honours: 3 La Liga titles, 2 Copa del Reys, 2 Champions Leagues, 3 UEFA Super Cups, 3 FIFA Club World Cups, 1 Bundesliga title, 1 German Cup There is a routine to his in-game life, too, all hand signals and shouts of encouragement; meanwhile up in the stands, head of analysis Carles Planchart will send images of specific moves down to Torrent’s iPad on the bench. Half-time is the one and only occassion that Guardiola enters the dressing room before or during the game.