Pep Guardiola may have added a more cerebral dimension to football management but he had a confession. “I’m not yet artificial intelligence,” said the Manchester City manager. “I’m a human being and I can celebrate.” For Guardiola, the emotion of a Carabao Cup final win was apparent in his own booking for running out of his technical area. Given Guardiola’s unpredictability, replicating his thought process might be beyond even AI.
For the Catalan, defeating Arsenal at Wembley was the sort of result that was rooted in the unexpected element of football. “Not even me gave £1 for the victory today,” he said.
