Leicester boss Shakespeare 'in awe' of Manchester City's Guardiola

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Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare admits he is an admirer of Pep Guardiola and believes the Manchester City manager has set the standard.

The Foxes go to Guardiola's side on Saturday, with the Spaniard having failed to win a trophy in his first season in England.

City are fourth in the Premier League and fighting for the final two Champions League spots with Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United.

Guardiola won his first 10 games in charge at the Etihad Stadium after joining in the summer from Bayern Munich but has endured a difficult first season, as City lost in the Champions League quarterfinals to Monaco and suffered an FA Cup semifinal defeat to Arsenal.

However, rookie manager Shakespeare, who has guided last season's champions to safety this term, is still a fan.

He said: "I have watched from afar when he was at Barcelona in awe sometimes at how he went about things.

"Whenever you went on FA courses you talked about the Barcelona model. It will be a very interesting and proud moment to stand in the technical area alongside him.

"He is his own man. He has looked at it this season and I am sure next season they will go from strength to strength.

"It gets harder every year. You saw how many teams reinvested and fortunes spent on transfers. It still shows where the league table is now.''

Craig Shakespeare says he is honoured and in awe to stand in the same technical area as Man City's Pep Guardiola.

Leicester beat City 4-2 in December, with Jamie Vardy scoring a hat trick, as they battled relegation before ex-boss Claudio Ranieri was dismissed in February.

Shakespeare will be without midfielder Danny Drinkwater, out for the final three games with a thigh injury, but is hopeful Leicester can do the double over Guardiola's men.

"I'm not sure it was a one-off. We had been trying before that, but in terms of the standard of the opposition it was a very good performance on the day,'' he said.

"It might happen again, it might not. They are a good side. They have proven over the season, especially of late, what they are about.

"I think they were surprised about the intensity, whether it be the Premier League or just on that occasion. I don't think they will be surprised any more.''

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