Barcelona legend Xavi has explained that there is always a message behind former manager Pep Guardiola’s animated touchline gestures.
Xavi, who enjoyed four illustrious seasons playing under Guardiola with Barca, cites these actions as nothing more than tactical instructions. NaijaBet.com
“When you see him making the big arm gestures from his technical area, a lot of the time he’s reminding us where the space is,” he told Sportsmail.
“The space is on the outside. The space is on the inside. That’s where we have to make a three-against-two.”
History maker, records chaser
Guardiola arrived at the Etihad in 2016 after enjoying unprecedented success at both his former clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich, winning six league titles across seven seasons, but in his first campaign at City he ended up trophy-less, and on occasions his team play lacklustre football.
Despite the criticism levelled towards him, Guardiola stuck to what he knows best and in empathic fashion delivered City a third Premier League title, as well as his seventh overall across three different countries, and more history can be made. NaijaBet.com
And they are also 10 goals away from holding the record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season – the current best is 103 managed by Chelsea under Carlo Ancelotti in 2009/10.
Plus, if City managed to win three of their last five games, they’ll smash Chelsea’s record of most wins in a Premier League season (30) – set last season under Antonio Conte. NaijaBet.com
