Author Marti Perarnau was given total access to Bayern Munich during the 2013-14 season, Pep Guardiola's first in charge of the Bundesliga giants. In his new book Pep Confidential, Perarnau uses his behind-the-scenes pass to give readers a unique insight into Guardiola's debut campaign in Germany. In this extract he covers Bayern's memorable performance against Manchester City in the Champions League, a night where Guardiola's men played like Barcelona to leave the Etihad with a 3-1 victory. Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola (centre) watches his side take apart Manchester City in October 2013 How Pep Guardiola told his Bayern Munich players a story about water polo to inspire them to Super Cup victory against Chelsea
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Bayern Munich beat Manchester City 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium in the Champions League group stages in October 2013
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Pep Guardiola's side put together 94 consecutive passes in 3min 27sec
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Bayern's play brought back memories of Barcelona's 5-0 victory against Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid in 2010
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Guardiola
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Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola
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Barcelona
They were almost perfect – it was the game in which Pep proved to himself that he could get a team to play with the agility and quality of @placeholder without actually having those 'Azulgrana' players.
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Barcelona
All along, everyone, including Guardiola, had strenuously attempted to be clear that this wasn't supposed to be @placeholder 2.0.