Real Madrid are not biggest career challenge for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola (Video)

Manchester City and Real Madrid have developed quite a rivalry, having faced each other six times in the last seven seasons in the Champions League knockout stages. What’s more, City boss Pep Guardiola was a legendary player and later extremely successful coach at Barcelona, Real’s arch-rivals.

Nonetheless, Guardiola does not consider Real Madrid to have been the greatest challenge of his coaching career.

It’s actually another Premier League club, and their own legendary coach with whom Guardiola battled in Germany as well.

“El Real Madrid no ha sido mi mayor desafío. Mi mayor desafío ha sido Jürgen Klopp, pero vosotros no os habéis enterado” pic.twitter.com/KRkaQpRZB2

— MARCA (@marca) March 17, 2026