After moving to Manchester from Bayern in 2016, Guardiola went without a trophy in a season for the first time in his career.
Typically, he bounced back in 2017-18 to secure a double. In that campaign, City became the first top-flight English team to reach 100 points in a season with a win at Southampton on the final day. They also won the EFL Cup.
In the following season, City became the first men’s team to win the domestic treble in England, rounded off by an emphatic 6-0 FA Cup final win over Watford.
In 2019-20, the season affected by Covid-19, City won the EFL Cup, but Liverpool beat them to the Premier League title and Guardiola’s side suffered Champions League disappointment when they were knocked out in a single-leg quarter-final by Lyon.
City’s recent stranglehold on the Premier League began in 2020-21, with Guardiola’s side winning their first of a historic four titles in a row, as well as claiming the EFL Cup again. They also made their first Champions League final but were beaten 1-0 by Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea.
Another top-flight title was secured in 2021-22, with Guardiola becoming the second-most successful manager in Premier League history.
City became only the second men’s English team, after rivals Manchester United, to win the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup Treble when they pulled off that feat in 2022-23.
Victory over Inter Milan in Istanbul earned City their first Champions League title.
The triumph in Turkey also ended Guardiola’s personal 12-year wait to win the tournament again after claiming two Champions League titles at Barcelona.
The Blues became the first team in English top-flight history to win four titles in a row in 2024, but they missed out on a double when Manchester United pulled off a surprising win against their city rivals in the FA Cup final.
Guardiola started his management career at Barcelona B, winning the Spanish fourth division, before becoming Barcelona boss in 2008.
He won three successive league titles to start his reign, including a Treble with the Copa del Rey and Champions League in 2009.
Guardiola left Barcelona in 2012 and took a one-year sabbatical before joining Bayern, where he won three league titles and two German Cups in three seasons, achievements that served to increase his long-standing appeal to City.
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