Kompany hails Guardiola's 'incredible' influence on himself and Arteta

Kompany hails Guardiola's influence on himself and Arteta ahead of Bayern's Champions League clash at Arsenal

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00:00For me it was obviously easy to see that he would become a coach because he was the assistant

00:06and it felt like this was a natural progression for him because Pep is such a dominant figure.

00:12It's normal that he takes this huge place as the person who probably inspired a lot of people to

00:19become a coach. If you look at the evolution of Mikel's team and what they do and how they do it,

00:23you can't forget that he's got a very rich history with other coaches as well and at

00:29other clubs and what you see in his game is just incredible physicality of the team,

00:35attention to detail to every phase, of course the set pieces everybody knows it but it's a team that

00:39has very very few weaknesses in any phase of play and that's something that is also Mikel's character

00:45in his attention to detail and there's no doubt that Pep has played an incredible role in many

00:50people's careers and mine as well. Forever grateful but both teams are quite different as well and

00:57and that's what makes this game as well quite special tomorrow.