Pep Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has laughed off a suggestion his coaching is “better than s*x”.
The comment was reportedly made by Paris Saint-Germain defender
Dani Alves, who is currently promoting a documentary about his time at
Barcelona playing under Guardiola.
Before Sunday’s Premier League home match against Manchester
United, a reporter asked Guardiola for his reaction at a press
conference, prompting him to respond: “I prefer the s*x — by far.”
The question may owe something to a mistaken interpretation of
something Alves said in ‘Take the Ball, Pass the Ball’, a documentary
looking at Guardiola’s time as Barcelona boss, which saw the Spanish
club win the Champions League in both 2009 and 2011.
Brazilian star Alves, referring to Barca’s late winner against
Chelsea in the 2009 semi-final, said: “It is because of moments like
this that we all love football. The only thing that beats it is s*x.”
Alves is one of many players to have cited the City manager’s
coaching methods as inspirational, but Guardiola has played down such
claims, making a passing reference to the struggles he had with former
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic when they were at Barcelona.
“I can see a huge list who are on the opposite side,” said Guardiola, whose City team are both the reigning English champions and the current Premier League leaders
“There is a list where they love me a lot, like Dani. They have
another side from Sweden and other places where they don’t like me too
much.”