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PETE JENSON: Diego Simeone is the 'Anti-Pep' and the way he sees the game is worlds apart from Guardiola... the Atletico Madrid boss has frustrated the Spaniard in the Champions League before and now looks to upset favourites Man City

It's an old anecdote but Pep Guardiola tells it well in a recent Amazon documentary series dedicated to Diego Simeone.

The year is 2009 and Guardiola is just getting started at Barcelona; Simeone is still coaching in Argentina, some way from taking over Atletico Madrid.

Guardiola says: ‘He came to see a training session and then we talked [about] the way we bring the ball out from the back; how we press high, how we attack in small spaces. And he said something to me that was really good and I think reflects his personality very well.