Post-Pep Premier League era begins with weekend of hyper-managed shock and awe | Barney Ronay

​ Possession numbers, the intense physicality and the pure rhythm of games all felt noticeably new as the season beganThere has been something oddly narcotic and moreish about the drip-drip of fresh Pep Guardiola content either side of the start of the new Premier League season. Eras come and go. Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact. But four-part Amazon Prime documentaries make angels of us all.So we have continued to feast on the Pep-at-City visuals: dead jeopardy, reheated beefs, the uplifting team talks of a departed manager to the departed players of a departed team, and moments that often feel far more gripping than the daily churn of what we must, out of habit, call the real world. Continue reading… Read More