Out-possessed Pep finally finds a new way of winning - 381 games on


Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Chelsea - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - November 23, 2019 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts REUTERS/Andrew Yates

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Pep Guardiola has built his decade of soccer success on creating teams that dominate possession but on Saturday -- for the first time in his career -- one of his teams had less of the ball than the opposition.

From Barcelona to Bayern Munich and on to Manchester City, the 'Pep way' has been built around an obsessive attention to keeping hold of the ball.

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