Twitter hails Pep Guardiola after EPL Manager of the Season Award

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Published 15 May 2019, 18:02 IST
15 May 2019, 18:02 IST

The Spaniard was named the manager of the season following his title trium

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been awarded the Premier League's Manager of the season award, for guiding the Cityzens to their second consecutive EPL title. Chased all the way by a relentless Liverpool side, Guardiola and his wards kept their calm, coming back from a goal down to trounce Brighton and Hove Albion 1-4 on Sunday.

Guardiola's Manchester City joined an elite club consisting of Sir Alex Ferguson's legendary 2008-09 Manchester United side and Jose Mourinho's 2005-06 Chelsea outfit as the only teams to have successfully defender their Premier League crowns.

The Spanish tactician became the first manager to win the Manager of the Season award for two seasons consecutively in over 12 years, since Sir Alex Ferguson won three on the trot from 2006 to 2009. After winning the EPL, Guardiola remarked that this was the most difficult title race that he had experienced in his managerial career. When asked whether this was his favourite title win, he said:

"Well, I wouldn't say that because the first league with Barcelona, when we won 6-2 at the Bernabeu, was incredible for me. I was in my first year as coach in my hometown, with the club of my heart, with the club I love the most. But this was my most difficult, because of them [Liverpool], because of their quality."

The ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager was heaped with praise from fans, pundits and even rival fans on winning the accolade, with many laudiing his his haul of 906 out of 1,104 available points won (82% win rate) in the past 10 seasons. Others pointed out with this EPL triumph, Guardiola edged ahead of legendary former Porto and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as the active manager with the most trophy wins with 26 to the Portuguese's 25.

ICYMI: Pep Guardiola has been crowned @BarclaysFooty Manager of the Season

🥇 ➡️ https://t.co/tO7LJywS4L @PepTeam pic.twitter.com/lmncSxoWfd
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 15, 2019

Pep Guardiola, manager of the year. And rightly so. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/5UNRjRZHF7
— BlueMoonRising (@BMRising) May 14, 2019

Stan Collymore “If Pep thinks he doesn’t need to teach tackling or 1-on-1 combat in training then he’ll be going back to Spain with his tail between his legs”

Pep "I don't train the tackles. What I want is to try to play good and score goals and arrive more, so what's tackles?" pic.twitter.com/BcjoXg307c
— The Pep (@GuardiolaTweets) May 14, 2019

They thought league was done in January.

Tsunami Guardiola hit them hard and they bottled 10 points lead.

pic.twitter.com/l7SU8wK8PS
— Guardiolista (@Guardiolista7) May 13, 2019

Pep Guardiola has won 906 out of 1,104 possible points in his managerial career. 👏 pic.twitter.com/IRLKkxUi2m
— Transfer News (@TrustyTransfers) May 14, 2019

Let’s just take a moment 🇪🇸 Pep Guardiola as manager🏟 581 Games🏆26 Trophies 3🏆🇪🇸 La Liga 3🏆🇪🇸 Supercopa 2🏆🇪🇸 Copa del Rey 1🏆🇪🇸 Tercera 3🏆🇩🇪 Bundesliga 2🏆🇩🇪 DFB-Pokal 2🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Premier League 2🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿League Cup3🏆🌎CW Cup 3🏆🇪🇺 Super Cup 2🏆🇪🇺 UCL🤯A trophy won every 23 matches pic.twitter.com/831pWsDQft
— Seema Jaswal (@meseemajaswal) May 13, 2019

Marcelo Bielsa “Guardiola build alpha teams, and you can’t copy” #ReInventingTheGame pic.twitter.com/vmvXhhKObY
— The Pep (@GuardiolaTweets) May 13, 2019

Pep Guardiola analysing Manchester City's game against Brighton after winning the league.

He's relentless in his pursuit for perfection. What a manager. 👏 pic.twitter.com/qXidE43fO9
— Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) May 14, 2019

Kevin De Bruyne to Pep Guardiola “You’re a sh*t coach, you only win” #Pep pic.twitter.com/WkxChLTodk
— The Pep (@GuardiolaTweets) May 13, 2019

Pep Guardiola wins Premier League Manager of the Year #LMAAwards. Klopp, Pochettino and Nuno shortlisted.
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) May 14, 2019

Manchester City have lost only 6 games in two seasons. They’ve scored 201 goals in two season. They’ve also amassed 198 points in two seasons.

Pep Guardiola has built the GREATEST #PremierLeague team EVER. The PEP EFFECT. 👌🏽
— Ediye (@iamOkon) May 12, 2019

Congrats to @ManCity and my friend Pep Guardiola, who collects titles everywhere he goes and is one of the few exceptions to my rule about not comparing other sports to chess. He’s a true Grandmaster!
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 12, 2019

3 years ago many were mocking Pep Guardiola and claiming he should adapt to their football. Now he's celebrating his 2nd PL title in a row having won 198 points in 2 years, Guess it's the PL that needs to adapt to Pep Guardiola now.
— Mootaz Chehade (@MHChehade) May 12, 2019

🥇 Pep Guardiola has become the first @premierleague coach to win consecutive Manager of the Season awards since Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United in 2007, 2008 and 2009.#MCFC 🔵 pic.twitter.com/3r8uDTfpsT
— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) May 14, 2019

BREAKING NEWS

Pep Guardiola has been named the Premier League manager of the season 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/mQ4YALdjWS
— YourMCFC (@YourMCFC) May 14, 2019

Modified 20 Dec 2019, 23:04 IST