Manchester City trounce Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup Final : 5 Talking Points

#3 One Manager was clearly more in control, both of his team and of the tie

There is mutual respect between the two seasoned managers.

Both managers enjoy a similar brand of football and are perfect advocates of the beautiful game, but one managed to out-smart the other making his senior look rather foolish.

Arsene Wenger has always been credited with being a great man-manager, trying to, and often succeeding in, bring the best out of his players - something Guardiola can claim to have done as well.

But when you take into account the staggering difference in success the two managers seem to attract, you have got to question the tactical decision making of the Frenchman. The Frenchman who has often been criticised for not being pragmatic in his approach towards the opposition.

Wenger has often, rather stubbornly, stuck to his principles and his methodology despite failing on numerous occasions and this is the prime reason why his credibility as a top level manager has come under constant fire.

Meanwhile the former Barcelona manager after learning form the shortcomings last season has sought to alter his methods and approach to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Something the Arsenal manager keeps finding a way to not address.

On the night, the tactics and the determination of one side - both credit to the manager - was far more evident that that of the other team. While one team seemed to want to go out and perform for their manager and win for their club, the other side seemed disingenuous at best.

3 - No manager has lost more League Cup finals than Arsene Wenger (2007, 2011 and 2018), level with Alex Ferguson (who also won the trophy four times). Hoodoo. pic.twitter.com/eg92R1Ifba

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 25, 2018

Clearly one manager has had much more of an influence on his side than the other. Strange considering that Wenger has been in charge of the club for over 2 decades and Guardiola is only in his second season as City boss.