When Man City take on Liverpool on sunday Pep will reach 1000 games in charge.
He has won 715 of his 999 games in charge – which is a 71.5 win percentage. In comparision..
Sir Alex Ferguson has a 65.2 win percentage in the Premier League (over 810 matches).
Antonio Conte has a win-rate around 65.6 % in the top five European leagues. Pep is in a league of his own.
His incredible numbers at City include leading the team to become the first to reach 100 points in the league, the first team to achieve the domestic treble and becoming the first side to win four league titles in a row.
Pep talk..
“It looks like I have false humility but this amount of percentage, beyond 70% of victories – [it means] every 10 games we win seven and will draw one or two.It can happen because you are at Barcelona, Munich and City with the players I have. After that, it is a lot of hard work. Dedication, passion, love – in that nobody [can] beat me.I love to scrutinise the secrets of what you can do to opponents, convince the players and go in together. All the times the players follow me. All the time.
They are completely right The influence of every manager has been through history. Of course, I can say I’ve been part of that because the numbers explain, I’ve had success and it’s been nice to watch my teams.”So I’m there. But I never started thinking ‘I want to be the best’.”