even called him peps watchdog as the coach obsessed over patterns systems and manmanagement but most of all he was guardiolas close confidant and quiet advisor whom the man would turn to each time something needed tweaking or rectifying midstream perhaps it was this unassailable partnering that secretly riled jose mourinho who while always coveting the barcelona managers job could not accept the lofty standards the team was setting under the duo maybe it was that envy that provoked him to sinisterly poke vilanova in the eye during one of the many illtempered clasicos in 20112012 if anything it was this act that inadvertently helped sum up tito vilanovas standing best in inviting petulant ire for being who he was he only reinforced the idea that he was above all of them