Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1000th game as a coach at the Etihad on the weekend as his Manchester City side defeated Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League. 

In that time Guardiola’s teams - Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City - have won an outstanding 71% of those 1,000 matches, lifting 12 domestic league titles, 3 Champions Leagues and numerous Cups - really just too many to mention.

But his influence extends far beyond the mere winning of trophies. Playing out from the back has filtered its way down the leagues and Guardiola has spawned a number of coaches, two of whom are top of the Premier League and the Bundesliga.

So on today's How It All Played Out Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward are asking - just how much has Pep Guardiola impacted world football? And is he still the same coach as he was in game one?

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