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Man Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola on tactical evolution: I get bored

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Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola stated boredom has helped encourage him to develop new tactical concepts as he bids to win a fifth straight Premier League crown.

Guardiola, 53, started his ninth season at Metropolis final Sunday with a snug 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. He stated his evolution comes from restlessness, but additionally from rivals reacting to his concepts.

Requested why he has employed varied techniques all through his time at Metropolis and at Barcelona and Bayern Munich prior, Guardiola instructed ESPN Brasil: “It is as a result of in any other case I get bored. All the time doing the identical factor for eight years can be very boring. That is the very first thing.

“And secondly, once you do one thing and it goes nicely, they [opponents] watch you and create an antidote. In the event you go too inside, they shut in. If we open up the sphere an excessive amount of, they’re going to open it up extra.

“Something we do and so they reply to us, we now have to reply once more. The third motive is the gamers we now have. What particular qualities they’ve and after they adapt greatest to the best way you need to play.”

The Catalan coach added that he by no means thought he would stick with the reigning champions for this lengthy amid studies that he’s contemplating leaving on the finish of his contract, which expires after this season.

“Not in my wildest desires,” Guardiola stated when requested in regards to the size of his tenure. “If we hadn’t received, we would not be right here, it will have modified.”

Metropolis’s Premier League marketing campaign continues in opposition to Ipswich City on Saturday.