{"id":289726,"date":"2023-09-23T18:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289726"},"modified":"2023-09-23T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T18:35:30","slug":"the-notebook-pep-guardiola-back-to-his-animated-best-in-the-dugout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/the-notebook-pep-guardiola-back-to-his-animated-best-in-the-dugout\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NOTEBOOK: Pep Guardiola back to his animated best in the dugout"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THE NOTEBOOK: Pep Guardiola shows no sign of his back problem as he gets back to his animated best on the touchline&#8230; while Etihad regular Gareth Southgate may need his own parking spot soon<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Pep Guardiola showed no signs of slowing down after his return from surgery\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Gareth Southgate is becoming a regular visitor to the Etihad this season\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, despite having to play most of the second half with ten men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden inside the first 15 minutes were enough to see off Steve Cooper&#8217;s side, and see City make it six wins from six so far this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, there was one setback for Pep Guardiola as Rodri was shown a red card following a clash with Morgan Gibbs-White just after the break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sending off means the Spaniard will now miss City&#8217;s crunch game with Arsenal next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Away from the headlines, here&#8217;s some talking points you may have missed from Ian Whittell&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75762665-12552765-Erling_Haaland_scored_City_s_second_goal_that_saw_them_make_it_s-a-4_1695489743770.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland scored City&#8217;s second goal that saw them make it six wins out of six this season\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75762699-12552765-Rodri_was_shown_a_red_card_after_clashing_with_Morgan_Gibbs_Whit-a-8_1695489743860.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rodri was shown a red card after clashing with Morgan Gibbs-White right after half time\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><span>Back to work\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Any suggestion that\u00a0Pep Guardiola\u2019s recent back surgery might have dampened his touchline antics was quickly dispelled just 17 minutes into the clash.<\/p>\n<p>The City boss missed two league games before the international break after undergoing the surgery in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>And whatever rehab regimen he was put on presumably did not include berating the officials and picking up a yellow card, which he duly did after Manuel Akanji gave away a free-kick on the edge of the City area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75762701-12552765-Pep_Guardiola_was_back_to_his_animated_self_on_the_touchline_fol-a-5_1695489743770.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola was back to his animated self on the touchline following his back surgery\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Ten in, ten out\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Forest&#8217;s incredible, on-going churn of playing staff was summed up by one simple fact at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p>Almost exactly 12 months ago, on match day five of the 2022-23 Premier League calendar, Steve Cooper\u2019s side was soundly beaten, 6-0, by the eventual treble winners.<\/p>\n<p>Of his starting XI that day, only one player &#8211; Morgan Gibbs-White &#8211; was on the pitch at kick-off on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75764047-12552765-image-a-13_1695490569549.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Gibbs-White was the sole survivor from Forest starting eleven from 12 months ago\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Southgate&#8217;s spot\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate will soon have a regular parking bay at the Etihad, judging by the fact he was making his second visit there this week.<\/p>\n<p>The England boss was on hand on Tuesday as City started their Champions League campaign with a 3-1 win over Red Star.<\/p>\n<p>And he was back for more, presumably with the main mission of weighing up Phil Foden whose exclusion from England starting line-ups has been a bone of contention recently. Foden\u2019s response, with a goal after seven minutes, was devastating.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate was also seen deep in conversation with City director of football Txiki Begiristain, perhaps discussing whether England regular Kelvin Phillips will ever start for Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>Despite City\u2019s injury problems, Phillips was again on the bench, but Rodri\u2019s dismissal forced him into nearly a full half of emergency action which he carried out well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75764085-12552765-image-a-14_1695490714797.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England boss Gareth Southgate was back at the Etihad for the second time in a week<\/p>\n<p><span>Home comforts\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The notion that City fans are spoiled, certainly at the Etihad, grows with every passing week as their team\u2019s home supremacy mounts.<\/p>\n<p>Since their last home league defeat, to Brentford just before the World Cup break last November, City have played 1,260 minutes of Premier League football at home &#8211; and trailed for only 25 of them.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool held a lead for 10 minutes, on the way to a 4-1 defeat, and Spurs had the audacity to take a 2-0 lead &#8211; for a total of 15 minutes &#8211; before going on to lose 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 14 games since that shock 2-1 loss to Brentford, City have won 13 and only dropped points in a 1-1 draw with Everton on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>In all competitions, City have won 22 and drawn one of their 23 home games since they last lost.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75762731-12552765-Man_City_fans_have_been_spoilt_watching_their_team_at_the_Etihad-a-7_1695489743834.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man City fans have been spoiled with their side winning 22 of the last 23 home games\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12552765\/THE-NOTEBOOK-Pep-Guardiola-animated-best-dugout-surgery-Gareth-Southgate-need-parking-spot-Etihad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>THE NOTEBOOK: Pep Guardiola shows no sign of his back problem as he gets back to his animated best on the touchline&#8230; 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