{"id":38650,"date":"2021-03-09T13:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=38650"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:43:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T12:43:58","slug":"epl-thierry-henry-calls-manchester-city-manager-guardiola-freak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-thierry-henry-calls-manchester-city-manager-guardiola-freak","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Thierry Henry calls Manchester City manager, Guardiola \u2018freak\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, has labelled Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, as a \u2018freak\u2019 tactically.<\/p>\n<p>According to Henry, the Spaniard is a master of tactics because he sees a lot during matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman said this ahead of Man City\u2019s Premier League clash with Southampton on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Henry played under Guardiola during their time together at La Liga giants, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The former striker won the treble with Guardiola\u2019s Barcelona in 2009, including the UEFA Champions League, LaLiga title and the Club World Cup in the 2009\/2010 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I see a coach, I always speak to them. Obviously, I speak to Pep [Guardiola], and I speak to Arsene [Wenger] whenever I can reach him,\u201d Henry told FourFourTwo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe speak because when I was a player, and he was a coach, I was chewing his ear out. Now, as a coach, I want to know things. Arsene triggered my brain \u2013 I needed that at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPep was a master of tactics. He can see so much that sometimes it might be a problem for him because he sees a lot and he wants to change things a lot! Tactically, he\u2019s a freak. The stuff I learned from him was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, has labelled Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, as a \u2018freak\u2019 tactically. According to Henry, the Spaniard is a master of tactics because he sees a lot during matches. The Frenchman said this ahead of Man City\u2019s Premier League clash with Southampton on Wednesday. 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