Last Sunday, during and at the end of the big Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City – won by Reds 2-0 -, the sky blues coach, Pep Guardiolawas mocked by the fans for the 7th game in a row. “They’ll sack you tomorrow,” the chorus of derision chanted from Liverpool supporters at Anfield.
The parallel with Mourinho
Then the former Barcelona Spaniard turned towards the stands to show, complete with a smile, six raised fingers (the five of the left hand and the index finger of the right hand) to symbolize the 6 Premier League titles won with City in 2018 and 2019, with the four in a row achieved between 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. A gesture that brought to mind the three fingers raised in 2017 by José Mourinho, when he Special One he coached Manchester United, in the noisy Stamford Bridge. Although on that occasion the Portuguese was caught for having won in 2005, 2006 and 2015 while managing Chelsea.
Guardiola’s response to the effect
A parallelism, the one proposed with the memory of Mourinho, to symbolize the beginning of the end of the Guardiola cycle at Manchester City. And Pep, after a long smile, replied with irony: “I don’t wish it on myself, even if we are a bit similar with José. But he has won three titles, while I have won six.” Specifying a moment later: “But it’s all the same, we are united in these situations”, he comments.
💣 ¡PA-LA-ZO de GUARDIOLA a MOURINHO!
😅 “We are equal, but we have received three Premiers and you are”. pic.twitter.com/nKAUxrJcqq
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