It comes with the territory of being a consistently elite side that several critics like to point fingers and Manchester City are no exception to this phenomenon.
However, Pep Guardiola and his players must be accustomed to taking the rough with the smooth as it is part and parcel of being in the public eye in general.
Big names within football, such as Simone Inzaghi heaped praise on Guardiola for transforming the game as a whole due to his unique approach to football.
However, others have been more critical of the Catalan boss and his players at Manchester City.
Colchester United striker Lyle Taylor says Pep Guardiola ‘ruined’ English football
For instance, John Obi Mikel called Erling Haaland out by making the bold claim that he is not a “big-game player.”
Tony Cascarino slated Phil Foden last season, slamming his performances as “unrecognisable” as the silky midfielder looked well out of form for much of the campaign.
Colchester United striker Lyle Taylor has now torn into Pep Guardiola as he believes his wide-ranging influence has “ruined” English football, telling BBC 5 Live Sport: “Everyone’s playing out from the back. Pep has single-handedly ruined football. No, he has, he has! Because it’s not English football anymore. We’ve now adopted this European, I suppose, mish-mash almost. Because we still want to play channel balls because it’s what we grew up doing.”
“As soon as we get to 11-a-side, the full-backs curls one down the side, the winger comes short, checks and goes in behind. They don’t do that on the continent.”
Pep Guardiola has already responded to claims that he ruined football
Bastian Schweinsteiger expected Guardiola to influence English football in the manner that he has but to some of his critics like Taylor, his impact has been negative.
Fabio Capello claimed Pep Guardiola “ruined” Italian football due to his global influence but in March, the man himself responded to the former England boss.
“I am not good enough to ruin Italian football. Italian football is much, much more important than the way he do it.”
Seemingly sarcastically, Guardiola concluded via talkSPORT: “A big hug to Fabio, a big hug.”
