Pep saluted as compulsive brilliance behind man city victory

Pep Guardiola was commended on Monday for his persistent hunger for victory that forced   Manchester City to a back to back  Premier League title after a titanic fight with Liverpool.
Guardiola won his eighth league title in 10 seasons as a coach in charge of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Man City as the English champions followed up their record 100-point campaign last season with another thrilling  98-point season thanks to a 4- 1 triumph at Brighton.
Meanwhile, Liverpool’ s long wait for a first league title since 1990 extended inspire the Reds posting the third highest Premier League points tally ever with 97 after they beat Wolves 2-0 on Sunday.
Guardiola's party ran the headline in the Guardian newspaper. “ The only real world star in this set up is the manager.

“ They did ’ t go for ( Cristiano) Ronaldo or ( Lionel ) Messi but committed their resources in fine young players, nearly all of whom have been pushed to the outer levels of their talent. ”

Man City turned the first side in ten years to hold the title as Guardiola’ s demands guaranteed there was no drop off at the Etihad as has happened the seasons that followed title wins under Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini.
“ Manchester City could buy star players, capable enough to take them up the hills, but they could never stay there. Because you cannot buy hunger, the sustaining daily hunger that drove the greatest teams of another period,” said the Independent.
“ Senior officials at City say that they have never seen as much concentration and character from a City side in the modern era as what they have seen this season.

“ This is the inverse of what we have come to anticipate from champion City sides. And it is a justification of the daily passion and demands of their compulsive manager. ”

Intoxicating race
Liverpool, whose season could still end in joy if they win the Champions League next month, was also eulogized for the contribution they made to a thrilling race.
“ Nothing underlines the genius of Pep Guardiola’ steam more than the presence of Liverpool a short neck behind. Liverpool without doubt, one of the best teams the competition has ever seen,” said the Daily Mail.
“ Encapsulating this campaign is a battle of greatness. Liverpool was surprisingly good. Unbelievable, Man City were even good. ”
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said this season is just the starting of a trip for his side, but in their three-decade wait to win the league, the Reds came second before and failed to build on it the following season.

“ They ’ re entitled to wonder, given that they've pulled one of the most amazing league campaigns in history and still fallen short, what more can be done ?” added the Independent.
Klopp pointed to City ’ s financial power, backed by the club ’ s Abu Dhabi owners, as a principal reason why they will not be easy to overtake.
Nevertheless, unlike Manchester United, who end the season as close to the relegation zone as they were to City, 32 points behind the champions in the sixth, Man City has invested their money prudently.
“ More than half a billion pounds lavished on one of the most costly and brilliant squads ever gathered.   Manchester United pour millions down the drain, ” said The Times.
“ The danger, when City have knocked so many records in two years of domestic supremacy  — 198 league points from a possible 228, 19 domestic cup ties won out of 20 — is that it is considered as easy, normal, expected. Those figures suggest a persistent machine.

“ It is in observing  Guardiola on the out of bounds that we see the strain, the torment, the pressure that has been persistent since setting out last August, demanding  18 wins out of 19 since Christmas to stay in front of Jurgen Klopp ’ s superb  Liverpool. ”