A new four-part Amazon Prime documentary series, "A Beautiful Obsession", offers a strikingly candid account of Pep Guardiola's turbulent final two seasons at Manchester City, airing from Wednesday. Filmed and controlled by the club itself, it avoids glossing over difficult moments, including Guardiola's personal struggles, tensions with the club's hierarchy and the fallout from letting go of Kevin De Bruyne, making it notable for its unflinching honesty rather than a polished promotional piece.

The series covers City's dramatic collapse during the 2024-25 season, when the team suffered nine defeats in 13 games during a bruising mid-winter run. It captures Guardiola citing his divorce from Cristina Serra as a source of personal turmoil affecting his management, including an emotional outburst after a Champions League defeat to Juventus in December 2024. Also featured is chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak's anger over Guardiola's puzzling decision to make ten changes for a Champions League loss to Bayer Leverkusen, alongside insight from Guardiola's confidant Manuel Estiarte on how the manager's personal crisis affected the squad.