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The most animated Pep Guardiola got in his Friday press conference was when the Ryder Cup was mentioned. Here was a fan, a lover of golf, talking in awe about some of the dramatic high-quality scenes that were played out at Bethpage last week.

Guardiola is a great lover of golf and tennis , and it is tempting to think about what he can take from the very best of individual sport. What he adored about the Ryder Cup though, as most Europeans tend to over the Americans, was the sense of team spirit that ran through it all as Shane Lowry described the putt that got his side over the line as his greatest day in golf.

The Manchester City manager is all about what makes the team better, and right now - nearly 10 years into his time at the Etihad - he is still enthusing about tha

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