The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss has always considered previous success to be a big factor in assessing where a team should be.
He described City as 'teenagers' in the Champions League four years ago to suggest they were not as established as others, and described United's brief dalliance with the top of the Premier League this season as 'the position they normally should be' despite their lack of a title since 2013.
It was easy to see what he meant at the Allianz Arena where City were hit with the force of not just 11 players but the entire might of Bayern Munich as one of Europe's biggest superclubs threw everything at the Blues to overcome their first-leg deficit.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 25, 2023 من Manchester Evening News.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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