Even though current Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has won more matches when he has faced off against Manuel Pellegrini, Guardiola said he has deep respective for the current Manchester City manager.

Guardiola made his comments during an interview for the book: "The Pellegrini Method," written by Francisco Sagredo.

Manchester City face Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Tuesday in their fourth match of their Champions League Group D campaign.

"I am a huge fan of Pellegrini. I have learned much from him and his concepts," Guardiola said of the Chilean coach. "I am lucky to be a great admirer and a colleague of him. I feel as though I am a follower of him, of his game philosophy. One can watch one of his teams without knowing who trains them and one would immediately know that this is a Pellegrini team just by they way they play."

In their 11 meetings, Pellegrini's teams have only registered two victories over Guardiola, with one draw.

"He likes good players, those who control the ball and always play ahead," Guardiola said. "His teams play very well. I enjoy watching them. He is a coach whose ideas are very clear. I have faced him several times and I have suffered when he was with Villarreal or with Real Madrid while I was at Barcelona. The same with him now at City and with me here at Bayern."

Guardiola, however, said "it doesn't matter who has won or lost more. A coach is good when you have to think about how to face him. When you have to give how to win a lot of thought. That is what always happens with Pellegrini."

The Catalan coach said: "Pellegrini is a coach who has very clear ideas and is able to stamp them upon all the teams he has coached. He likes to play good football. His teams dominate and do not let their rivals play. That is the key to his football idea and I will always respect that."