Published: 22:30, 3 April 2026 | Updated: 22:30, 3 April 2026

Pep Guardiola has done his fair share of dinners over a decade at Manchester City and one early in the manager’s tenure helped shape an attitude that has brought untold domestic success.

Gregarious around the table when the red flows, Guardiola. Inquisitive too. On one occasion he was meeting some supporters and wanted to know: which trophy is the most important? What should I be winning for you?

Peppered with the same answers in order of prominence. One, the title. Two, the FA Cup. Three, the League Cup. If there is any capacity left, then the Champions League.

That said much about City fans and their relationship with European football and UEFA, something that Guardiola would learn to understand over the course of his first contract.

Nevertheless, the replies will have made him think. Since then, he has made the Carabao Cup fashionable again, winning a fifth against Arsenal before the international break, and has lost only one of his FA Cup meetings away from Wembley.

One. Just one. Away at Wigan Athletic...