Present Bayern boss Pep Guardiola is all set to take up his position as the new Manchester City manager once the current season gets over

So the Pellegrini era has come to a rather inglorious end. What began with a glorious League and League Cup double, comes to an end with a whimper. Manuel Pellegrini’s time at Manchester City is up and the Chilean leaves us after having guided us to a Premier League title, a League Cup and an FA Cup, but standing on the ashes of a ruined European campaign, one cannot help but feel supremely dejected that we could not go the distance in our hunt for the elusive Champions League title.

In fact, I won’t be surprised if a few City fans were feeling angry towards Pellegrini for not having taken us all the way to Ole Big Ears. I mean, there we were heading into the second leg at the Bernabeu with the tie all square. All we had to do, was score one goal. One measly goal was all that was required to secure a ticket to Milan. And we failed.

General opinion in the footballing fraternity suggests that it’s a disadvantage playing the second leg of a tie away from home. I don’t really agree with this because the way I look at it, I see that you’re heading into a game where one goal counts as two. Very often, a good result in the away leg is enough to take a team through.

Bacary Sagna and Kevin De Bruyne cut solemn figures during City’s 1-0 loss at the hands of Real Madrid

There we were. We kept them out during the stalemate at the Etihad, which was a massive victory in itself. Real Madrid, with all their superstars, could not get any away goals against us. Now all we had to do was hit the back of the net just the one time. Manchester City are known for their attacking flair and one goal is the least that is expected from our boys.

There is, but of course, no point dwelling upon the past but I cannot help but ponder upon one certain decision that our bigwigs took a few months ago. Was it really the best move to announce Pep Guardiola as our next manager even while Manuel Pellegrini was still at our club with almost five months left on his present deal?

Can this announcement not have had any bearing on the players and thus the performances they put in? Our season has certainly dipped ever since this news broke and on the other side of the fence, it would be fair to say that the same has happened to Pep Guardiola at Bayern. The Bavarian giants run a monopoly in Germany and since Guardiola announced that he would be quitting the club at the end of the season, they have seen their lead at the top cut short by Dortmund while there Champions League run was brought to an end by Atletico Madrid.

Manuel Pellegrini has had a very successful tenure as the manager of Manchester City but that’s all set to come to an end with the end of this season

If talk of players changing teams is seen as detrimental not only for the player himself, but also for the entire club, then the same should apply when it comes to managers as well. Guardiola already has one eye on City and this was proven when he said that the reported mole in the Bayern team is “the club’s problem.” As far as Pellegrini is concerned though, he shall forever be fondly remembered by all Cityzens no matter what happens next.