Back on July 3, 2016, Pep Guardiola stepped into Manchester City and launched his coaching career. Now, on the occasion of his eighth anniversary in charge of City, the club can't help but look back at Guardiola's brilliant achievements in the team's history.
Heading into the 2023-24 season, Pep Guardiola led Manchester City to another Premier League title, accomplishing the first four consecutive titles feat in the top flight of English soccer men. That glory also made Guardiola the team's 17th decorated coach to win a major honor, and his record of success continues to be written.
Guardiola's Premier League coaching career at Manchester City has seen the team total a staggering 716 points, 59 points higher than second-placed Liverpool. It is worth mentioning that in the 2017-18 season, Guardiola led his team to win the title with 100 points, breaking the Premier League's all-time record, which was 19 points higher than second-place Manchester United.
Under Guardiola's tactical guidance, Manchester City have achieved at least 90 points in all four seasons, setting a new Premier League record, while Liverpool and Chelsea are second in this ranking. Prior to this, the Premier League record of 90+ points had only been set five times, one of which also occurred in a single season of 42 matches.
In 304 Premier League matches, Pep Guardiola-coached Manchester City have won 225, at least 29 more than any other team over the same period. City have a 74% win rate and have won almost every one of their four matches.
Guardiola's side have scored a whopping 755 goals in 304 Premier League games, 100 more than second-placed Liverpool. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are the other three teams to have scored more than 500 goals in that period. Manchester City have conceded only 249 goals, making them the team with the fewest goals conceded in the Premier League. Only Liverpool conceded less than 1 goal per game during this period, but failed to concede less than 291 goals in total. City's goal difference is +506, compared to second-placed Liverpool's +368.
Pep Guardiola's teams averaged 66.79% possession, with second-placed Liverpool a little behind. In Guardiola's managerial career, Ederson has become the team's patron saint with a record of 133 goal shutouts. During this period, five teams had more than 100 shutouts, but Manchester City was undoubtedly the best.
Sterling became the highest goal scorer in Guardiola's team with 85 goals. However, Harland caught up with 63 goals in just two seasons. As for appearances, Ederson has the most appearances of any player in the squad with a record of 250 appearances and 54 absences. And in terms of assists, De Bruyne leads the team with 102 assists in eight seasons.
