Broken Man

WORST TIME FOR DERBY SHOWDOWN EVER, PEP

PEP GUARDIOLA has never been in a crisis like this. Now could be the truest test of his glittering career.

There's no doubt about the Spaniard's greatness as a manager. He's won it all multiple times in England and Spain, as well as domestically in Germany.

Whatever happens from here, history will remember him as one of the best managers that football has ever seen.

But this is a different examination of his credentials.

When he came through at Barcelona as a coach, the club had the tools to be the top club in Europe.

At Bayern Munich, he was at the biggest club in Germany and had everything in place after the club had just won the Treble.

When he arrived at City, the club had been building a squad and football infrastructure for him to excel in- and my word has he done so.