Pep Guardiola’s interview after Manchester City’s victory over Burnley was hardly one of the most exciting managerial rants of recent times.

In fact, it wasn’t even a rant. And for the type of wall-to-wall press coverage it seems to have garnered, it’s actually fairly tame. He didn’t say anything of much note, he didn’t call anyone out, he didn’t say anything that would leave him open to an FA fine - not even a sarcastic clap. And, indeed, given his previous with emotional reactions to questions from journalists, I’d say we got off lightly in the end.

But we all love a good managerial meltdown, one where you can see the anger in a manager’s face, everything in between his vocal chord and his mouth fumbling to get the words out. And preferably - for the baying masses - words which will entertain the crowd for a brief moment, but which will land the manager a hefty fine or even a touchline ban.

If you thought Guardiola’s reaction to the media this week was a meltdown, here are five of the best managerial outbursts to remind you that Pep’s passion was actually fairly restrained.

Giovanni Trapattoni's broken German

Some managerial rants come from an underlying annoyance, festering below the surface until it boils over. Usually it hints at a deeper problem at the club, with player performance or just with the manager himself.

This from a legend of the managerial game Giovanni Trapattoni as Bayern Munich manager back in July 1998 was just anger pure and simple. His broken German is spelled out by the magnificent (and purposely ungrammatical) translation into English in the video above.

“I deliberately raised my voice to make myself understood,” said Trap later. Mission accomplished, sir.

Benitez and his facts

When you feel like you’ve been wronged, and you’re definitely in the right, there’s a simple recourse: the facts. If the truth is on your side, it’s the most powerful weapon you can have, right?

Benitez was waiting for the question, he came prepared with his secret weapon, but succeeded only in showing that the mind games had worked against him. He was calm, he was collected, and he was right. But that didn’t matter: it had revealed the pressure bubbling under the surface.

This was the moment that Sir Alex Ferguson knew that he had managed to get under the skin of Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, it was the moment he knew that he’d won the title.

Louis van Gaal's long ball nightmare

Benitez’s facts rant will probably stand alone as a classic of the genre, but a new adaptation a few years later by Louis van Gaal is certainly worth considering.

What really irks a manager - especially an intellectual like Van Gaal - is when the press latches onto a theory that shows you up as classless: the fabled ‘long ball merchant’. The Dutchman could have hardly felt himself more different in styles to then-West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce, but when Big Sam accused Manchester United of playing long balls, the charge stuck.

And angry Van Gaal, with outrage seething underneath his cool exterior, set out to show that his side certainly weren’t the long ball merchants. It’s a very Van Gaal meltdown - educational and overly theoretical - but it showed that the manager was struggling to implement his ideas properly and win over English football with his style of play.

Ron Atkinson v Richard Keys

“You can sit there and play with your silly machines as much as you like”.

When you’re in the relegation zone, a post-match interview is tough at the best of times, but when the interviewer is an actual fan of the club you’re managing there’s a visceral tension present.

Sky Sports’ new-fangled coverage of the game clearly riled Atkinson, who let rip on Richard Keys before finding a joker in the pack: "who won the man of the match award? The opposition goalkeeper! Well, he must’ve played not bad then."

Keegan I would love it

And finally. The daddy. The meltdown of all meltdowns. It incorporated all of the right ingredients for a proper managerial rant: a post-match interview, a clearly emotional Keegan, a crackling voice, the outing of an underlying gripe, and a genuine raised-voice attack on a rival manager. It even has its own soundbite ending.

Keegan’s rant is one for the ages, and frankly, it will take some beating. Love it.