Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa praised Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola saying the Spanish tactician is ‘imaginative’ ahead of Saturday clash.

Highly-rated Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa has lauded Pep Guardiola’s qualities. Though he is 16 years senior of the Spanish in coaching career.

Leeds United made their return to Premier League after a 16-year absence. Whites lose their first clash to Liverpool (4-3) despite showing good qualities on the field.

However, peacocks managed to defeat Fulham on the second matchday (4-3) and confirmed their good shape by taking over Sheffield United in a short (1-0) win last weekend.

With two victories and one loss, Bielsa and his men will face Manchester City at Elland Road on Saturday, October 3, 2020 for their fourth league game. A game that is highly expected by football fans as two tactical systems will be seen on the pitch.

However, Citizens lost their last PL game to Leicester City (2-5) and want to back to winning ways with Guardiola promising to find solutions.

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“I don’t feel like a mentor to Guardiola, there is evidence that that is not the case, if there is a manager who is independent in his ideas, it is Guardiola,” Bielsa told Sky Sports.

“It’s not just because I say it, it’s because his teams play like no other teams.

“He’s imaginative, first of all. He’s able to instantly create solutions to problems he encounters and he is able to implement the things he proposes.

“When you praise someone, it is very important to argue why. We see football in an imaginative way and Guardiola imagines football in terms of freedom in how they propose solutions in the game and how they don’t need a lot of time to incorporate that.

“I don’t know many other coaches who would be deserving of this type of praise. People are of the opinion that his Barcelona team was one of the best teams in the history of football.” he added.