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Pep’skeep-ballstyle is lost on poor Stam

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The LeaguePaper Team
1 October 2017

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

PEP Guardiola’s Bayern Munich had just thumped Arsenal 5-1 when the Spaniard was asked to explain his tetchy touchline demeanour.
“We gave the ball away too many times,” he groused. “What I want, my desire, is to have 100 per cent possession.”
Few managers in history have coveted the ball like Guardiola. Even playground hoggers would call him greedy.
Alex Ferguson once likened his Barcelona side to a carousel. “They get you on it,” he said. “Then make you dizzy with their passing.”
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