https://www.scmp.com/rss/523579/feed Pep Guardiola: Known for his transformative impact on football, he is currently the highly successful manager of Manchester City since 2016. Previously, he achieved significant success managing FC Barcelona, where he developed the "tiki-taka" style and secured a historic treble, and Bayern Munich. His managerial career is marked by an exceptional trophy haul, including multiple league titles across Spain, Germany, and England, two continental trebles, and City’s recent Club World Cup victory.... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Pep Guardiola takes charge of his 1,000th game as a manager when his Manchester City team face Liverpool on Sunday, and he says he could not wish for a better fixture to mark the milestone. “Liverpool have been the biggest rival in this country and it could not be better, to be honest,” Guardiola told reporters on Friday. “I think we pushed Liverpool to be better and Liverpool pushed us to be better. That’s for sure. “If I had to choose one rival for this personal milestone, that would be the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3332053/liverpool-perfect-opponents-1000th-game-manager-says-man-city-boss-pep-guardiola?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3332053/liverpool-perfect-opponents-1000th-game-manager-says-man-city-boss-pep-guardiola?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Eastern defender Dani Almazan has declared himself ready for this week’s Asian Champions League action after visiting the “Messi of medicine” to fix his injured knee – on the advice of close family friend and World Cup winner David Villa. Almazan paid more than €30,000 (US$35,000) to have his anterior cruciate ligament repaired in Barcelona by world-leading surgeon Ramon Cugat, who had successfully operated on stars including Villa, Pep Guardiola, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Aguero. Having resumed... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3325603/messi-medicine-how-world-leading-surgeon-saved-hong-kong-footballers-career?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3325603/messi-medicine-how-world-leading-surgeon-saved-hong-kong-footballers-career?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:30:11 +0000 SCMP Sport,Agencies SCMP Sport,Agencies Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal knocked Premier League giants Manchester City out of the Fifa Club World Cup on Tuesday, winning their last-16 clash 4-3 after extra time. Simone Inzaghi’s side initially came from behind, then took the lead three times before eventually securing a famous and thrilling victory. The game finished 2-2 at full time, but at the end of an eventful extra 30 minutes, Marcos Leonardo’s 112th-minute winner had secured one of the biggest wins in Middle Eastern football... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3316461/club-world-cup-al-hilal-knock-out-man-city-after-extra-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3316461/club-world-cup-al-hilal-knock-out-man-city-after-extra-time?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:45:58 +0000 Reuters,Associated Press,dpa Reuters,Associated Press,dpa Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal became the only Asian side to reach the Club World Cup’s knockout stages with a 2-0 win over Pachuca on Thursday, finishing their Group H campaign unbeaten and setting up a round-of-16 meeting with Manchester City. Salem Aldawsari and Marcus Leonardo scored against the Mexican club as Al-Hilal became the only team outside Europe and the Americas to advance out of group play. Aldawsari, attacking from the left, scored in the 22nd minute with the ball bouncing off his right... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3316079/al-hilal-becomes-only-team-outside-europe-americas-club-world-cup-knockout-stage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3316079/al-hilal-becomes-only-team-outside-europe-americas-club-world-cup-knockout-stage?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:11:29 +0000