Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads Manchester City in one of the top-billed fixtures in world football against Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

Guardiola debuted as a boss on September 2, 2007 for Barcelona ‘B’ in a Spanish fourth-tier match against Premia, and is set to manage his 1000th game eighteen years later against Liverpool.

“I never thought for one second about reaching 1,000 games," the 54-year-old said.

“You just want to do a good job, play football the right way and see what happens," Guardiola added.

From his first role with Barcelona ‘B’ to trophy-filled stints with Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and City, here’s a numerical look at Guardiola’s extraordinary coaching career that has revolutionised football.

Guardiola, who began his stint a

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