ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Manchester City's Pep Guardiola is one of the top two or three coaches of all time, former Barcelona team mate Carles Puyol said ahead of Saturday's Champions League final in which Guardiola will bid to win the trophy for a third time.
Puyol played alongside Guardiola for Barcelona and was captain of the Barca team managed by him a few years later, winning the Champions League in 2008-09 and 2010-11.
"Even having a coach like Van Gaal, who I love very much, sometimes Pep would even move us around, as a defender. He'd switch us into a back three, a back four at times," Puyol said. He has won five of the last six Premier League titles and on Saturday City claimed the domestic double by beating Manchester United in the FA Cup final -- his 11th trophy for the club.
"Having such an attacking side, you had to be very aware as a defender, he was always very hot on that," Puyol said.
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