Why Manchester City's Belgian winger symbolises a potentially significant tactical shift from the most revered manager of the modern era

Aymeric Laporte has been discussing what he learned from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. The Spaniard made the move to the Etihad Stadium in 2018, leaving Athletic Club. During his first six months in England, Laporte helped Man City break the Premier League points record, notching 100 to clinch the title in 2017/18.

Pep Guardiola will take charge of his 1,000th match in management when Manchester City welcome Liverpool to the Etihad Stadium at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 9. Since starting out with Barcelona B in 2007,

An emphatic win over Liverpool — the club which has been his biggest rival since arriving in England in 2016 — proved talk of his demise was premature

Pep Guardiola labelled himself "tactical genius" in trademark humour after Manchester City’s 3-1 victory over Bournemouth on Sunday while drawing bold parallels between Erling Haaland and football icons Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi.

Oscar Bobb was the only survivor from the team that began Sunday's 1-0 Premier League defeat at Aston Villa but Swansea were also much-changed in the middle of a busy league programme and Adam Idah replaced top scorer Zan Vipotnik in attack.