Scandal and a Guardiola masterclass combine to sink Manchester City
City's first home game since being found guilty of breaching finance rules ended in a 4-2 Champions League defeat to Pep Guardiola's Paris Saint-Germain.
Pep Guardiola
Coach synonymous with modern positional play.
Xavi, Busquets and the Logic of Positional Play
Positional play is about creating the free man through structure. Xavi and Sergio Busquets were among its most eloquent practitioners in Guardiola's Barcelona.
Rome 2009: How Barcelona's Midfield Decided the Final
Guardiola's first season ended with a 2-0 win over Manchester United in Rome. Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta turned a tense opening into a game on Barcelona's terms.
Rest Defence and the Inverted Full-Back
How a team is arranged when it has the ball decides how well it defends when it loses it. The inverted full-back became one of the best-known answers.
From Michels to Guardiola: The Lineage of Positional Play
A thread of ideas runs from Ajax in the 1960s through Cruyff's Barcelona to Guardiola's teams. Tracing it shows how football philosophies are passed on and changed.