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Pep Guardiola Fights Back Tears and Says Goodbye as Man City Fans Implore Him to Stay 10 More Years
Fans and players saluted Guardiola after his 593-game tenure brought Manchester City 20 trophies, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League.
On Sunday, Pep Guardiola managed Manchester City for the final time, concluding with a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium.
The Spaniard announced his departure on Friday, ending a decade-long reign during which Guardiola won 20 trophies across 593 games, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League.
Supporters at the Etihad Stadium serenaded Guardiola with chants of "We've got Guardiola!" while the club renamed the North Stand to "The Pep Guardiola Stand" in his honour.
Villa fans cheekily chanted "You're getting sacked in the morning!" as Watkins scored twice, while the occasion marked an emotional farewell for Bernardo Silva and John Stones.
Guardiola expressed hope that the stand bearing his name will inspire players, saying his "energy will be there forever" to guide the club through difficult moments ahead.
The captain wept. Bernardo Silva’s tears fell from when he put on his boots to play his 460 match with Manchester City, the last, on the last day of a Premier lost on the penultimate day. He had lifted six, but wept disheartenedly when in the tunnel leading to the field he met his companions, with the families of all, with the dogs and pets, with his wife Inés Tomaz, and with his daughter Carlota, who took him by the hand to the court to play a …