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There was an interview with one of Guardiola's ex-coaches where he basically said that if a player lost the ball the instructions were to win it back straightaway and, if not, foul the player.
If you look at the stats Man City have committed more fouls than Burnley, even though City probably have twice the possession on average. They get away with far fewer bookings though as the fouls are much further up the pitch.
It's not as if City are the only ones that do it though, plenty of others like Spurs do the same.
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/23/pep-guardiola-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-fouls
I'm not one to love Jamie Jackson. And I'm not one-eyed, I know teams foul and I know United are reaching for as many tools as possible. And the team structure seems to be a tool box full of tools right now. And not very good ones. Anyway before I labour the point much more.
Pep's teams foul. They're winners. As well as all the sexeh football, they push the limits and make "tactical fouls". I'm not going mad am I?