It was in the wet and cold of a Manchester night that Michael Duff saw for himself the genius of Pep Guardiola. Cheltenham boss Duff was at the Etihad on Wednesday to run the rule over today’s FA Cup fourth round opponents.
He already knew the Robins, without a League Two win in seven, face a Herculean task against a City team unbeaten in 16 since mid-November.
He didn't need to be told by his City-supporting son Tommy - or the City academy player who rents his house in Manchester. But Duff wanted to see at first hand what he is up against in the managerial head-to-head. “I sat five or six rows behind City’s subs, international players each worth, what, 40-50-60 million quid?” he said. “It was nil-nil for 80 minutes, teeming down with rain
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