Pep Guardiola, in reference to Johan Cruyff's influence at Barcelona, once said that Cruyff had "built the cathedral, our job is to maintain it". Pep did a better job in charge of its upkeep than many, but tonight he returned to find it in pretty spectacular nick, as City were hammered 4-0 by his former side.
To extend the excruciating cathedral metaphor, City arrived, knelt passively in front, and left feeling a general level of shame.
In a somewhat ironic turn of events, City were reduced to ten men following a red card for Claudio Bravo. The Chilean 'keeper rushed from his goal-line, passed the ball to Luis Suarez, and then handled the ball to prevent it from sailing over his head and into the net.
Eamon Dunphy was highly critical of Guardiola's view of the goalkeeper's role, saying on RTE that it was "wrong".
Afterwards, Guardiola defended his methods, saying that playing it from the back - beginning with the 'keeper - is what brings him success.
On ITV, Roy Keane was also critical of City's approach of trying to out-pass Barca away from home, lauding it as "very brave", before admitting that it was also "very stupid".
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We're a big fan of Keane holding no truck for Lee 'I don't understand books' Dixon's gags.
