Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits Johan Cruyff was his big coaching inspiration.

The Catalan was speaking at the Festival dello Sport in Trento.

“Johan Cruijff was the most important person that I worked with, as he opened my eyes with his style of football," said Manchester City manager Guardiola.

“He helped us all understand a different way of looking at football. It was like going to school every day. We would win and he'd tell us the reason we were winning. He made us fall in love.

“It's no coincidence that so many players who worked under Sacchi and Cruijff are now Coaches, because their minds were opened. They gave us new love for the sport.

“I didn't invent tiki-taka. We won the Champions League with Barcelona and a team full of players who had started in the academy at the age of 8-10. It was a unique moment of the stars aligning, with the faith of the club and a group of lads who all saw football the same way. We could've signed bigger stars, but wanted to cultivate that hunger.

“To be honest, I don't really like tiki-taka much as a concept, but we knew exactly where we wanted to go with the ball. There is nostalgia for it now, but it was wonderful to experience it. We'll see if they still talk about it in 10-20 years, much like they do with great movies."