Pep’s final act of passion: Amazon’s revealing Guardiola series pulls no punches

The Guardian UK Tuesday 18 August 2026, 19:00 UTC By Jamie Jackson 1 min read

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From the manager’s divorce to tension with the club hierarchy, new documentary is an honest portrayal of his difficult last two seasonsHaving occupied a front-row seat for the final two seasons of Pep Guardiola’s gilded Manchester City tenure, the subject of Amazon’s A Beautiful Obsession, the surprise to me is how unfiltered the four-part series is. Particularly, the telling of the torrid 2024-25 campaign when the wheels came clattering off in the bleakest of mid-winter plunges that...

From the manager’s divorce to tension with the club hierarchy, new documentary is an honest portrayal of his difficult last two seasons

Having occupied a front-row seat for the final two seasons of Pep Guardiola’s gilded Manchester City tenure, the subject of Amazon’s A Beautiful Obsession, the surprise to me is how unfiltered the four-part series is.

Particularly, the telling of the torrid 2024-25 campaign when the wheels came clattering off in the bleakest of mid-winter plunges that featured nine defeats and one victory in 13 aura-shattering games.

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Pep’s final act of passion: Amazon’s revealing Guardiola series pulls no punches

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