It’s no secret that Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have a lot of respect for each other and both Manchester City and Liverpool have dominated English football for the past few years.
Four of the last five Premier League titles have been won by the Spanish team and the trophy went to Anfield on the other occasion.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager has now admitted that he has copied aspects of the Reds’ game to help improve his team and believes that although the FA Cup holders are somewhat struggling this season, he believes they will be back again soon.
“I learned a lot watching Liverpool,” he said at his pre-Arsenal press conference on Thursday (quoted by Liverpool.com). “It is the team that I saw the most, for obvious reasons, because it was our great rival in recent years, and sooner or later it will return. I tried to copy some things. If I like it, I’m sorry, I can adapt with the players I have”.
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Liverpool are ten points behind fourth-placed Newcastle United at the moment, while City are second in the table, five points behind league leaders Arsenal, and have played one more game than the Gunners.
Both the Anfield side and the Sky Blues have pushed each other to extreme levels in recent years and with Klopp expected to strengthen his squad in the summer with Jude Bellingham as the club’s main transfer target, we expect the two teams to return to to struggle. against each other next season.
Klopp and Guardiola are two of the best managers to ever be involved in the sport and we look forward to seeing them continue to battle each other for years to come.
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