Jamie Carragher, former Liverpool and England defender, said on Friday: “The current rivalry between Manchester City and Liverpool is the best in the history of English football.” It is a rivalry represented by two coaches, Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp, and their works, these two teams, the ‘citizens’ and the ‘red’ respectively, who in recent years have been competing for in Premier season after season. Because Guardiola and Klopp are also the two coaches with the biggest contributions to football in the past fifteen years. And this Sunday they will once again face a City-Liverpool that is likely to be decided for the 2021-22 Premier.
A match between Guardiola’s City and Klopp’s Liverpool is more of a duel for the Premier League itself. It’s an exciting clash of styles and personalities. Of the lifestyle and feel of football. At the Etihad, this Sunday, Guardiola’s touch and control football will once again be measured against Klopp’s massive game.
The ball was the start of everything for Pep, whose City have just one point more than Liverpool. Guardiola brought to football as a coach that Barcelona excellence where, among many other titles, he won two Champions Leagues. Later, it was in the Bundesliga where he met Klopp for the first time. They were awaited by Der Klassiker, Guardiola’s Bayern against German coach Borussia Dortmund.
And then the Premier. Guardiola and Klopp recognize this: they have improved each other as coaches thanks to their ability in English football. If Pep’s bet is always on touch and possession football, what Klopp offers is a dizzying game, of pressure and speed in deployment. And his own charisma, which makes it unique. In all of this, he has brought the Champions League, Premier, European Super Cup, Club World Cup and League Cup to Anfield showcases. Pep has won three Premier, one FA Cup, 4 League Cup and two Community Shields with City.
If Guardiola and Klopp face off in another year for the Premier League, where City have one more point than Liverpool, on Saturday, April 16, both will meet in the FA Cup semifinals, at Wembley, and they could still meet. in a possible Champions League final. The City coach said on Friday that Klopp “was my biggest rival”, more so than José Mourinho when the Catalan coach directed Barcelona and the Portuguese, Real Madrid.
No one like Klopp’s Liverpool has made City of Guardiola (who the Germans call “the best coach in the world”) have to go far to achieve their goals. History also says that in their 22 matches there were 9 wins for each and 4 draws. More equality is impossible.
Source: La Verdad
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