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Robbie Fowler

Pep Guardiola didn't bottle Champions League - but two major factors cost Man City

I may be accused of being a Pep Guardiola cheerleader, but I’m not having the criticism that he somehow bottled the Champions League. Again.

It’s an easy narrative, I know. He always overthinks the games in Europe, seems to find a way to lose a ­competition where he’s not lifted the trophy for 11 years.

Yep, that is a double-take kind of statistic, given he’s managed Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City in that time – but you know what, it happens.

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