Manchester City and Chelsea .. Know the date of the battle of the "Professor" and "Student"

Spanish coach Josep Guardiola hopes to correct his recent record against his German counterpart Thomas Tuchel, when he leads his defending champion Manchester City against its host Chelsea tomorrow (15:30 UAE time) in the sixth stage of the English Football League.

Before the German came to Chelsea, Guardiola did not lose against him, but last season he bowed to him three times, including the Champions League final.

Guardiola rarely has a negative or equal record with his peers, such as the German Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool coach (9 wins - 9 losses - a draw) and the Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Manchester United coach (4 wins from eight matches), so the summit will carry an additional flavor between High-profile coaches, and Tuchel may join this tight circle if he wins at Stamford Bridge against the defending champion.

For a long time, Guardiola was Tuchel's teacher, but after a varied career with Mainz, Germany's Borussia Dortmund, France's Paris Saint-Germain and now Chelsea, Tuchel made a name for himself and began to narrow the differences with Pep.

Since assuming his position at the West London club in early 2021, he has surpassed a coach who has always considered him a role model.

And if in his childhood he was a fan of Ajax Amsterdam and his coach Louis van Gaal, or Barcelona with the Dutch flying Dutchman Johan Cruyff and Arsenal with Frenchman Arsene Wenger, but Tuchel admitted last March “when I began to understand football more, there was Pep and Barcelona.”

"Pep taught me everything: that we can win everything if we play well, win everything and stay humble and elegant, attack while maintaining a strong defense, and do all this with players who have graduated from the formation center."

London - AFP

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