Pep Guardiola praises Cristiano Ronaldo as ‘unstoppable’ and a ‘goalscoring machine
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Pep Guardiola and Cristiano Ronaldo have a long and intense history together, but that hasn’t stopped the Manchester City boss describing the striker as ‘unstoppable’ and a ‘goalscoring machine’.
Guardiola and Ronaldo have been facing off since they first met in the Champions League final in 2009, and are set to go head to head again for the 18th time in Sunday’s Manchester derby.
Guardiola won on that first occasion when Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in Rome to lift the European Cup, but it wasn’t long before things got even more heated.
That match was Ronaldo’s final game for United, joining Real Madrid for a world record £80million weeks later, going on to face fierce rivals Barcelona in a number of gigantic clashes.
Ronaldo even sparked a heated melee during a 5-0 loss at the Camp Nou in 2010, shoving Guardiola on the touchline as he went to claim the ball for a throw-in.
However, despite coming up against each other on either side of football’s two biggest rivalries – El Clasico and the Manchester derby – the respect remains, at least from Guardiola’s perspective.
“He’s been one of the greatest in the last 15 years, alongside [Lionel] Messi,” the Spaniard said. “What these two guys have done, we’re not going to see again.
“When you achieve these things, under scrutiny every second of your life and today, even more now with social media
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Guardiola and Ronaldo have been facing off since they first met in the Champions League final in 2009, and are set to go head to head again for the 18th time in Sunday’s Manchester derby.
Guardiola won on that first occasion when Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in Rome to lift the European Cup, but it wasn’t long before things got even more heated.
That match was Ronaldo’s final game for United, joining Real Madrid for a world record £80million weeks later, going on to face fierce rivals Barcelona in a number of gigantic clashes.
Ronaldo even sparked a heated melee during a 5-0 loss at the Camp Nou in 2010, shoving Guardiola on the touchline as he went to claim the ball for a throw-in.
However, despite coming up against each other on either side of football’s two biggest rivalries – El Clasico and the Manchester derby – the respect remains, at least from Guardiola’s perspective.
“He’s been one of the greatest in the last 15 years, alongside [Lionel] Messi,” the Spaniard said. “What these two guys have done, we’re not going to see again.
“When you achieve these things, under scrutiny every second of your life and today, even more now with social media
#manchestercity #MartinzSportsUpdate #FootballTrends #manchesterunited #sportsNews
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