Pep Guardiola was involved in a series of angry exchanges on the touchline on Sunday afternoon as Manchester City slipped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool.
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20.10.2022 - 10:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City will hope to quickly get the disappointment of Sunday out of their system when they face Brighton on Sunday, but Pep Guardiola already knows it won't be easy.
City suffered a frustrating 1-0 loss to Liverpool at Anfield, bringing an end to their unbeaten start to the season. Guardiola's side fell four points behind league leaders Arsenal, and their upcoming fixtures don't get much easier.
Brighton will be the next visitors to the Etihad Stadium, a club that Guardiola has a massive amount of respect for. In recent years the City boss has been very complimentary of the Seagulls and former manager Graham Potter, so much so that some suggested that the coach could one day replace Pep at City.
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Potter has since departed for Chelsea, and last month was replaced by Italian coach Roberto De Zerbi. Although Guardiola and De Zerbi have never worked together, Guardiola knows his quality well having acted almost as a mentor for the 43-year-old during his coaching journey.
De Zerbi first met up with Guardiola while the latter was still coaching Bayern Munich, and has kept in touch with his friend while coaching Sassuolo, Shakhtar Donetsk and now Brighton.
Last season Guardiola namechecked De Zerbi when he was discussing the most exciting Italian coaches, while De Zerbi has spoken at length about his style of football and the similarities with Guardiola's.
"Guardiola’s football, I think it is unreachable," De Zerbi - who labelled Guardiola's Barcelona team the best side of the last 40 years - said at his Brighton unveiling last month.
When describing how his teams play, he said: "Don’t throw away the ball, that is
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