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Pep grooving to ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ during Man City celebrations is one of the coolest things you’ll see today

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In an amusing video that surfaced online, Machester City boss Pep Guardiola let loose and celebrated emphatically at an event after leading his team to a historic domestic treble.

Intense on the field

Pep Guardiola is one of the world’s best coaches. He possesses a razor sharp intellect and outstanding tactical skills. On the pitch, Pep often cuts a grave figure.

The 2018/2019 English Premier League season was a tense one. Klopp’s resurgent Red’s fought Guardiola’s boys tooth and nail.

Pep’s boys persevered throughout the season, and kept winning match after match. In a thrilling final day result, Manchester City won the EPL cup for the second consecutive year.

They also won the FA Cup and the Carabao cup. This made Manchester City and Pep the first English men’s team to win a domestic treble .

Pep Guardiola is a man of action . He goes through a wide range of emotions on the pitch.

Extremely pro-active and involved, Guardiola can be seen screaming in frustration at mistakes or celebrating with joy on winning.

The usually calm and collected manager is always scanning the field. He looks for ways to exploit the opposition and assess every situation thoroughly.

Really cool off it

In the heartwarming video, a casually dressed and all smiles Pep is seen dancing and singing to the 90’s hit, ‘ Gangster’s paradise’.

In the middle of a choir, a joyous Pep shakes a leg and mouths the lyrics, much to the audience’s delight.

Unlike the tense and serious Pep of the field, Guardiola enjoys himself thoroughly in the clip. Spending week after week in anxiety and inhuman pressure, this side of Pep is refreshing and welcome to say the least!

The partying with the Blue side of Manchester is going to carry on for a long time, and Pep is sure to be at the thick of it!

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Jose Mourinho – Man Utd didn’t back me like Pep and Klopp were

Widely known as ‘The Special One’, Jose Mourinho has won numerous trophies during his time in Spain, Italy, Portugal and England.

His stint at Manchester United, it is fair to say, ended on not-so-good terms. He was criticized for his lack of attacking football, his public shaming of players, and most importantly, his refusal to play Pogba in the starting line up.

While doing punditry work for Bein Sports, the Portuguese hit back at the Manchester United Board, saying that they did not back him like how Manchester City backed Pep Guardiola, or how Liverpool backed Jurgen Klopp.

When looking back at his time at Manchester United, there is little proof that goes in favor of Mourinho. In his 3 years at the club, he had 5 transfer windows.

According to the Guardian, in those transfer windows, the club spent upwards of 350 million euros on 11 players.

It should also be noted that out of those 350 million euros, United spent 90 million Euros in 2016 in a world record transfer to bring Paul Pogba from Juventus to United.

Although that may be the case, the signings that United had made may not have been the signings that Mourinho would have wanted.

The lack of a Sporting Director at United means that the responsibility of getting new players goes to Ed Woodward, who, one would probably associate with having more of an eye for the business side of the game rather than what goes on the field .

Klopp and Guardiola on the other hand, with the help of their Sporting Directors, have gotten the players they desired and are now challenging for major trophies. T

The same cannot be said for Mourinho, who on multiple occasions had come out publicly to express his anger at not getting the players he wanted, especially a center-back.

With United needing an overhaul, the requirement of a Sporting Director is now more than ever.

Read: Man Utd could be looking to emulate Ajax with Rio Ferdinand as Director of Football

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Liverpool and Man City account for 17.9 percent of all the points won in the Premier League this season

For the Premier League, the 2000s saw the world get introduced to the notion of the Big Four concept. In that time, the world saw Arsenal become the Invincibles in 2004 and Chelsea haul a then-record by accumulating 95 points in 2005.

The 2010s however, brought us new change. With the emergence of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, the Big Four reshaped into the Big Six, as competition at the top found new challengers. In the nine years since, the league has seen City win in the final seconds of the final day at the expense of United in 2012, Leicester defying the odds in 2016 and City breaking Chelsea’s record of 95 points with a century of points in 2018.

Ever since City’s emergence, the noisy neighbors have taken the league by the scruff of the neck. Other clubs fear them and at the same time want to be them, both in position, pull and power.

But this season, hasn’t seen the blue side of Manchester fly away. The Reds of Liverpool – scoring for fun and housing the best defense in the league – have have menacingly followed them in every round and have proved themselves to be worthy contenders for the title.

The current PL season has seen Liverpool and Man City dominating throughout, accounting for 17.9 percent (something that hasn’t been achieved since the 1890s according to the New York Times) of the total points won, which is a remarkable statistic in its own.

Talking about the title race, City and Liverpool are a cut above the rest. This season particularly, City seem to have maintained, if not, improved their performances from last season, looking absolutely ruthless and flawless in style of play.

The two-club dominance can be seen throughout in attack, midfield and defense. Salah (21) and Mane (20) lead the way on goals scored, closely followed by Aguero (20). Robertson has 11 assists, which is third on the stats list, with Sane and Sterling locked on 10. Liverpool have 20 clean sheets with City on 19. All season, these two have gone toe-to-toe against each other in a bid to be crowned champions.

This season’s title race is set to go down to the wire, as both clubs constantly swap places at the top. City are currently leading by a point, with both clubs having two games left. They have entertained us all season with their unique styles of play, and are providing us with a grand-stand finish as the season closes.

The main takeaway from this season however, is the standards that these two clubs have set for others to follow.

City and Liverpool have maintained otherworldly standards and it looks like a daunting task for the rest of the chasing pack. Will there be any club to usurp these dominators, or will it be a repeat of this season in seasons hence?