20 years ago, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho were friends at Barcelona

It's a picture that shows a different time and frankly, one that people nowadays might find hard to imagine; Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, sat side-by-side as friends, wearing crests of the same club. Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, in friendlier times, together at Barcelona 20 years ago When Mourinho took over Real Madrid while Guardiola was at Barcelona, the rivalry intensified Guardiola was a hero at Barcelona as a player long before he became manager at the club Mourinho worked at Barcelona alongside Bobby Robson and later, Louis van Gaal But in April 2000, they were friends. At Porto, Mourinho knocked out Manchester United on the way to Champions League glory Shortly after, Mourinho took the Chelsea job and famously labelled himself 'The Special One' Mourinho duly recorded back-to-back Premier League title victories in two years at Chelsea He left in 2007, shortly after Pep Guardiola made the move into management at Barcelona B But in 2007, he exited the club on September 20 after a stuttering start to the Champions League and a breakdown in his relationship with owner Roman Abramovich. Guardiola faced Mourinho for the first time when the Portuguese was at Inter Milan Guardiola and Mourinho's rivalry caught fire when the latter departed Inter for Real Madrid Mourinho had only recorded three wins against Guardiola up to the end of their Spanish duels Inter lost the second leg against Barcelona 1-0 but advanced to the final 3-2 on aggregate, leaving Mourinho to hail his 'most beautiful defeat'. Guardiola retained the upper hand in Manchester, winning three of six against Mourinho Now at Tottenham, Mourinho's men recorded a 2-0 victory against City earlier this season They would meet once in the next four years - in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea, where both parties had taken over that summer.