Is resting in Barcelona after back surgery, but coach Pep Guardiola is still counted as having his 200th victory in the Premier League when Man City beat Sheffield United 2-1 on August 27.

Yesterday’s match at Bramall Lane was Man City’s 269th match in the Premier League under Guardiola. Therefore, he is the fastest coach to reach 200 victories in the history of the tournament, breaking the record set by the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson with 322 matches during his time at Man Utd.

In third place in this statistic is Jose Mourinho. In 2020, the Portuguese coach reached 200 victories after 326 matches, including two terms at Chelsea (2004-2007, 2013-2015), one at Man Utd (2016-2018), one at Tottenham (2019-2021). ).

Besides 200 victories, Man City has 34 more draws and 35 defeats in 269 Premier League matches under Guardiola. With the Catalan coach, Man City earned 634 points, up to 55 points more than Liverpool – the team that has earned the second most points in the English Premier League since the beginning of the 2016-2017 season.

Guardiola thanked the fans at the Etihad Stadium after the 1-0 win over Newcastle in the second round on August 19 – his 199th win against Man City in the Premier League. Photo: Reuters

The goals of Erling Haaland and Rodri against Sheffield United yesterday were the 654th and 655th goals of Man City in the Guardiola era in the Premier League. With only 216 goals conceded, they achieved the best difference in the league (+449) during the same period.

These impressive statistics for Guardiola are concretized by five Premier League titles for Man City in the last six seasons.

The 200th round victory under Guardiola in the English Premier League yesterday also helped Man City become the only team this season to keep the record of winning all three rounds.

Guardiola is still in Barcelona to rest after back surgery on August 22. He continued to be absent when Man City returned to Etihad to receive Fulham in round 4 on September 2. Guardiola will return after a two-week break to make way for a series of national team matches to prepare for the away match of West Ham on September 16.

Deputy coach Juanma Lillo replaced Guardiola directly in charge of the matches against Sheffield yesterday and the match against Fulham this weekend. However, according to this trusted assistant, Guardiola still keeps in touch with the coaching staff by phone, video call to help strategize for Man City.

On Bramall Lane yesterday, Man City started hard against Sheffield United ‘s defensive kick . Haaland missed a penalty in the first half and had to wait until the 63rd minute to score the opening goal for the defending champion. The home team thought they could earn points when Jayden Bogle equalized 1-1 in the 85th minute. But thanks to Rodri’s decisive goal in the 88th minute, Man City still left with all three points and helped their absent coach touch 200 wins in the Premier League.