The calendar of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the final stage of the Premier is a priori more desirable than Liverpool of Jurgen Klopp and the Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, his competitors in the title fight. But this Wednesday the ‘citizens’ received a difficult visitor.
It’s about Unai Emery’s Aston Villa. The Basque coach met again Guardiolawhich he defeated on December 6 at Villa Park for the first time in his career (1-0, with a historic goal from Leon Bailey). Today the country is 4th in the Premier table (13 points behind the leader Liverpool)and the city3rd (3 behind ‘reds’).
Until December 6th, Unai Emery has never been defeated Guardiola. Total Unai Emery and Pep Guardiola They have met 14 times and the coach of City of Manchester have won 9 of them, with 4 draws and only one win for the current coach of Aston Villa.
Most of these duels between Guardiola and Unai Emery took place on the technician Catalan is trained Barcelona and the Basque, Valencia. In their first confrontation, the main character is Thierry Henrywho achieved a hat trick in the 4-0 Barcelona fans achieved in a Liga match against the Valencians on another December 6, 2008. He also scored Daniel Alves.
In the 2009-10 league championship, it was Leo Messi the one with the hat trick on him Unai Emery’s Valencia (3-0). And in the last rivalry in Spanish football between Catalan and Basque, Messi scored 4 goals: 5-1 (Xavi Hernandez scored the fifth of the match) in the 2011–12 League, on 19 February 2012. At the end of the season Guardiola left Barcelona (he took a sabbatical before leaving for Bayern) and Unai Emery, Valencia (signed for Spartak Moscow).
And, they are in English football, they have met 4 times, with 3 losses for Unai Emery and a victory, all this in Premier. With the Arsenalin 2018-19, 0-2 and 3-1 in favor of city. With the Aston Villain 2022-23, 3-1 for those pep. Finally to the current Premier Unai Emery beat Pep Guardiola at Villa Park. In the 74th minute, Youri Tielemans assisted Bailey and the Jamaican winger ended the ‘jinx’ of Emery against Guardiolin.
Source: La Verdad
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