He may have won the Premier League at a canter with Manchester City last season, but Pep Guardiola knows what it’s like to be in a title fight.
The nerves that get to even the world’s best players at those crucial moments. The self-doubt that creeps in when the pressure is on.
Guardiola’s nine La Liga championships as a player and coach at Barcelona did not come as easily as the three Bundesliga crowns he added at Bayern Munich. He had some titanic duels, not least with Real Madrid.