Pep Guardiola hits 500 victories in coaching career
The statistics and records of Pep Guardiola coaching career continue to astonish, and the Catalan has now hit 500 victories as a professional coach.
Ruben Dias and John Stones both scored as Manchester City beat West Ham 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon, a result which tipped Guardiola towards the aforementioned milestone.
Pep Guardiola now has 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ wins in charge of top-flight clubs!
1️⃣7️⃣9️⃣ Barcelona
1️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ Bayern Munich
2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Man City pic.twitter.com/yVvwBy5iJ3— Goal (@goal) February 27, 2021
It was City’s 20th victory in a row and 27th match unbeaten in all competitions, which sees the team move to within one of the current record holders, The New Saints, who went 28 matches without defeat in 2016/17.
Of Guardiola’s 500 victories, 179 came with Barcelona, 121 with Bayern Munich and now there has been 200 with Manchester City.
200 – In what was just his 273rd game in charge of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola picked up his 200th victory with the Citizens – the fewest games needed by a manager of an English top-flight side to reach 200 wins in all competitions. Legacy. pic.twitter.com/rv5BkgoIio
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 27, 2021
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Guardiola won 200 matches with an English club in just 273 matches, bettering the record set by long-time counterpart Jose Mourinho, who took 303.
Guardiola can now look forward to breaking the record for successive league victories, with Liverpool’s 18 successive victories in 2019/20 the current milestone, although his current side are still a way off with 14 league wins in a row.