Watch an exclusive interview with Pep Guardiola and his Q&A from this year's E. Allison Peers Symposium
Posted on: 20 December 2018 in 2018 posts
In November 2018 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola visited the University of Liverpool for a special Q&A as part of the E. Allison Peers Symposium. The wide-ranging discussion touched upon his incredible career as a player and manager, his engagement with Catalan culture and politics, plans for the future, and advice for today's youth. Check out our exclusive interview with Pep before the event, watch his Q&A and get a view of how the evening unfolded through the lens of social media.
//⚽️PEP GUARDIOLA⚽️// #PepGuardiola is in the building! He has been telling us how he believes that students studying right now are those who will “Save our lives”. Watch our live stream from 4.45pm when he’ll be in conversation with our academics >> https://t.co/CaQOCLjFA4 pic.twitter.com/IX0g4IVPnw
— Liv Uni Languages (@livunilanguages) November 21, 2018
So @Claire_Taylor_M opens the 2018 Peers Symposium - seemingly it’s very popular with football fans this year. And she includes #linguisticlandscapes as a research strength of @livunilanguages #Peers2018 pic.twitter.com/jZIDBmUYL5
— Robert Blackwood (@RobJBlackwood) November 21, 2018
A fitting intro to one of the most respected football managers in the world #pepguardiola at #peers2018 pic.twitter.com/Y1WRePEpYv
— Liv Uni Languages (@livunilanguages) November 21, 2018
Any advice for our students? “A life must be lived in its own right! But the best I can say...have passion and find what you like. This will help you to be successful.” #PepGuardiola #Peers2018 pic.twitter.com/6gsstHNvFN
— Liv Uni Languages (@livunilanguages) November 21, 2018
At the #Peers2018 lecture Pep Guardiola asks for democracy, democracy and more democracy in Catalonia. Democracy, he says, is not one vote every four years and then done. A pretty important lesson for politics in all regions of the world! pic.twitter.com/iPIBSNVvrD
— Dr Gemma Kristina (@gemmakristina) November 21, 2018
Things I've learnt from Pep Guardiola so far
— Ellie (@ellieq) November 21, 2018
- travel often
- embrace change
- have passion
- have heart
- you do you
- catalan food and weather is boss
(And he's well more handsome irl)#peers2018
Pep Guardiola comments on democratization in Latin America, including Corinthians underthe Brazilian dictatorship, Argentina and Mexico. @livunilanguages pic.twitter.com/qsIagA7Wtf
— Marieke Riethof (#EleNão) (@mariekeriethof) November 21, 2018
Wrapping up the Q&A with #PepGuardiola We’ve enjoyed Pep’s passion, humility and humour! #Peers2018 pic.twitter.com/eZn19Zib2S
— Liv Uni Languages (@livunilanguages) November 21, 2018
Discover More
- Watch a highlights video from the day
- Explore our Pep Guardiola YouTube playlist
- Study Catalan with the University of Liverpool
Keywords: Pep Guardiola, Peers Symposium, modern languages, football, Catalan, Catalonia, politics, culture.