Pep Guardiola and Kyle Walker’s major feud captured in new Man City documentary

Kyle Walker accused Pep Guardiola of picking on him and blaming him for everything in a dressing-room row as their relationship as Manchester City captain and manager broke down. And Guardiola told Walker he did not understand and to accept more responsibility as skipper of the side during City’s awful autumn of 2024. City’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in December 2024 came during a spell of nine losses in 12 games, the worst run of Guardiola’s career. And he turned on right-back Walker in an argument after the match, saying: “You don’t understand, Kyle.” Walker replied: “Pep, you keep saying my name, every meeting in every f***ing thing. Every f***ing meeting it’s my name.” In the argument, shown in Prime Video’s forthcoming documentary A Beautiful Obsession, Guardiola responded: “Maybe it’s because you are captain.” The Catalan is also seen warning Walker about balls over the City defence at half-time in the Manchester derby in the same month – and before one led to a Manchester United winner. Walker only played three more games for City before telling Guardiola he wanted to look for a move abroad. He joined AC Milan on loan for the rest of the 2024-25 season before getting a permanent deal to Burnley last summer. Whereas Walker had been elected City captain by his teammates, Guardiola appointed Bernardo Silva as skipper in the summer of 2025. :: A Beautiful Obsession launches exclusively on Prime Video in UK & Ireland 19 August 2026