EPL: Guardiola has ruined football – Tim Howard

Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Tim Howard has hit out at Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for ‘ruining’ football and making every coach think their side can play like his team.

Howard said that most of the managers in the Premier League are now looking to replicate Pep Guardiola.

Howard noted that even Gregg Berhalter tried to make his United States side play like Pep Guardiola’s City.

He said this led to the US manager getting sacked.

He told Metro: “What [former US manager] Gregg Berhalter did was, you look back at my generation and we were just a bunch of tough, rugged guys, we had a couple of match-winners.

“He [Berhalter] got this team to believe that they could compete, be expansive and play well in the forward areas.

“I think what happened was, in all ways, Pep Guardiola has ruined football. Pep Guardiola has taught everybody that they can play expansive football. They can’t.

“Not everybody can do it. Three teams in the world can do it really well and so I think you have to be resolute at times. “

EPL: Guardiola has ruined football – Tim Howard