Skip to main content

Pep in awe of MSN


Pep Guardiola admits he is in awe of the Barcelona “machine” ahead of Manchester City’s midweek trip to Camp Nou in the Champions League. Both sides enter the Catalonian showdown in contrasting fortunes, with Barca having thrashed Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 and City only managing a 1-1 draw at home to Everton, but Guardiola feels his former club are “amazing”,regardless of form.“Barcelona are special in the way they play. They’re a machine,” he told BBC Sport. “For the last decade, the last 50 years,Barcelona dominate football matches. I love the way they play.“They have three amazing players - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar - up front. “They are amazing on the counter-attack.They have a good build-up. They are a good team.”

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Luis Enrique: Guardiola has Done A Remarkable Job at City

Barcelona take on Manchester City on Wednesday evening in a blockbuster group stage clash that is made all the more interesting by the fact that Pep Guardiola will take his new Manchester City side to his old stomping ground of the Camp Nou.
8 comments
Read more

Messi scores twice as Barcelona edge enthralling game against Valencia

The Blaugrana had to come from behind to secure a dramatic win at Mestalla, with Messi the hero at the death after Munir had almost helped Valencia snatch a point against his parent club Messi celebrates goal with Suarez Barcelona won a thrilling game 3-2 at Mestalla on Saturday thanks to a stoppage time   penalty from Lionel Messi.  The Argentine was handed the chance to beat penalty expert Diego Alves from 12 yards when a flowing move ended with Aymen Abdennour fouling Luis Suarez. Messi stood up to the challenge and Alves went the right way, but the ball crept into the bottom corner and Barca’s players celebrated in front of the home supporters.  A bottle was thrown at them as they did so, but the damage had already been done by Messi’s left boot.  Barça’s afternoon got off to a bad start when Andres Iniesta was taken off injured after a fierce challenge from Enzo Perez.  It was the theme to the opening 20 minutes, with Neymar crunched several times, too, and
7 comments
Read more

Luis Enrique: Whoever doubted Messi is a bit naïve

A n emphatic 4-0 victory over Manchester City in the Champions League would usually be reason for euphoria, but while Luis Enrique reflected on errors and injuries there was one subject that the Barcelona coach was unequivocal in his response - the form of Lionel Messi.
6 comments
Read more