Pep Guardiola commissioned a specially-made video to motivate his Manchester City players ahead of their Premier League title showdown against West Ham.
City knew victory would secure the title for a fourth year in a row, something no side had ever managed in English football history.
Guardiola had challenged his side to go and break that record and write themselves into the record books, and had hinted at a meeting on Friday to inspire that very message. "What I'm going to show them today, they will feel it," he said at his pre-match press conference. "It belongs to us.
I'm going to show them how good they are and what they have to do. As simple as that." ALSO READ: One Man City career might have ended after medal snub on final day ALSO READ: What Grealish and Haaland did during Man City title celebrations prove Pep Guardiola point Speaking after the 3-0 win that earned the title, defender Josko Gvardiol opened up on what that secretive meeting entailed, with the Croatian confirming that Guardiola had prepared a video of the season, filled with goals, to boost confidence rather than drilling into tactical detail. "Before the game we were at the meeting and we didn't talk about tactics," Gvardiol told Optus Sport. "He put a video of us playing and scoring goals.
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