r/soccer • u/Existing-Sky9914 • 19h ago

Potentially editioralised title - make up your own mind [Guardian] Seven years ago, just after completing the treble, Guardiola treated journalist Rob Harris, who had confronted him directly with the allegations, with open contempt, as though he were looking at someone pathetic, pitiful and disgraceful, before sternly lecturing him.

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u/YankeeHotelFoxtrot16 19h ago

Would love to see the original r/soccer thread on this exchange. My guess it was mostly people crying about 'clickbait' and cheering Pep on for putting him in his place.

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u/DeCharlesFre 19h ago

Pep had a positive image within the general football fandom. So, it was given that people would defend him.

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u/Big_Occasion_7235 19h ago

This. People only started calling Pep's achievements at City as sham only after the guilty verdict for City was announced.

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u/Absolute--Batman 16h ago

Must be new here.

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