Pep Guardiola compares Bayern Munich’s Thomas Tuchel with Julian Nagelsmann

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola will be taking on Bayern Munich in the Champions League in what is a big test for both teams. Thomas Tuchel will be overseeing the Bavarians’ gameplay in midweek when everyone thought that former coach Julian Nagelsmann will get a chance to redeem himself after the QF exit last time out. Granted that this is still a loose end, Pep decided to compare Bayern’s current and previous manager.

“Both are creative managers,” the Catalan coach said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “It would’ve been difficult against Nagelsmann and it will be difficult against Tuchel.”

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To this day, people were caught off guard as Bayern suddenly sacked Nagelsmann despite the talk of backing him. Pep is one of those people. “I was surprised [when Nagelsmann got sacked]. I cannot give a real opinion. When a manager is sacked and the next manager is doing well, people say it’s a good decision. When the opposite happens, they miss the old manager.”

Interested in a very in-depth (and potentially depressing) look at Bayern Munich’s upcoming game versus Man City? How will Tuchel line up without a striker? Should Joao Cancelo start? We talk about all that and more in our latest podcast episode. Listen to it below or on Spotify.

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