We’re twins: Pep Guardiola plays peacemaker ahead of Manchester derby face-off with Jose Mourinho
Manchester City boss says hunger for success makes him and United manager the same despite different playing styles
Pep Guardiola said he and Jose Mourinho’s obsession with winning trophies makes them “twins” despite the difference in their styles as the two great rivals prepare for the Manchester derby.
Manchester City’s manager is renowned for his philosophy of possession-based, passing football, which has he slowly instilled at the club since his arrival in 2016.
Manchester United boss Mourinho meanwhile is seen more as more pragmatic and obsessed with winning, something which has brought him 25 trophies during his 17-year managerial career, including Champions League titles with Porto and Inter Milan.
Yet as the two managers prepare to face each other at Old Trafford on Sunday, Guardiola, himself a winner of 22 trophies and the same number of Champions Leagues, said they share that hunger for success.
“Definitely,” he said. “In that, we are twins. They want to win trophies, we want to win trophies.
“I think Antonio Conte is the same as well, and Jurgen [Klopp] and Mauricio [Pochettino] and in all the leagues around the world, the managers are there.”