Goals from Savinho and Erling Haaland secured the three points in Guardiola‘s landmark match at the King Power Stadium.
The Catalan has won 355 of his 500 games in charge so far, with 234 of his 323 Premier League games ending in victory, while succeeding in 60 of his 93 games in the Champions League.
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He is also only the second man ever to take charge of 500 City matches after Les McDowall, who led the first team 592 times between 1950 and 1963.
After the game, an emotional Guardiola spoke about his achievement and praised the City fans for some more superb away support.
“Yeah definitely [proud]. It is better to celebrate it with a victory and the new year. Thanks to all the fans that came here. Our fans away are unbelievable. The noise is even sometimes you know louder than the Etihad. Thank you for coming to Leicester to join us.
“I am so proud. I would cry now. I’m so proud to be a part of this Club. Today when they tell me you are going to do 500 games, I said wow.
“But we are judged in the last 13. Look in the other 480 games, they have been an incredible period and yeah, more to come.
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The boss also spoke about the importance of the result for the mindset of the players after a tough run of results in recent months.
Watch the entire interview with Guardiola via the video at the top of the page.
