Yet Guardiola also knows full well that when a keeper feels culpable for a goal, the hardest thing in the world for him to do is to keep backing his own technical ability under pressure and follow the coach's instructions.
When the crowd is baiting you, when you feel responsible, when you know you're not at your sharpest; that's when a powerful subconscious voice is yelling in your head: "Boot that ball as far and as high as you can."
But Bravo stayed true, which his manager loved.
The link to Luis Enrique?
Barcelona suffered their third defeat in six La Liga matches at the Camp Nou when Mauricio Pellegrino's newly promoted Alaves played the perfect match to give the Spanish champions the worst possible build up to Tuesday's Champions League match against Celtic.