This Saturday is the day: the great classic between Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool. The classic of classics in English football in modern times. It is not for nothing that the two teams have won all the English leagues since 2017-18 (5 Cities and a Liverpool). And this is a new battle between the two technicians who have most influenced football in recent years, Guardiola and Klopp.
He City of Manchester the leader arrived at the big event, along with Liverpool 2nd at one point (tied with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal). First place in the Premier is therefore at stake.
Among the countless attractions that this Etihad match offers is that the Premier’s two top scorers will face each other: Erling Haaland, with 13 goals, and Mohamed Salah with 10. The tournament’s top scoring team, city (with 32 in 12 days), against the third, the Liverpoolwith 27 like him Newcastle), both then Unai Emery’s Aston Villa, 29. And the team with the fewest goals, the ‘red’ (10, tied with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal). compared to the second who received the least, the ‘citizen’ (12).
Manchester City-Liverpool / Saturday 25, 1:30 pm (DAZN)
Haaland He was injured on November 16 during his team’s friendly, Norway, against the Faroe Islands after suffering an ankle problem and missing the Scotland match. But the ‘Citizen’ star returned to training on Thursday and all indications are that he will be ready for the day. The one from Anfield is one of those two teams Haaland He has yet to score a goal against them in the Premier League (one was Brentford). while, Ederson seems to have recovered from the discomfort due to which he missed the matches of Brazil against Colombia and Venezuela.
Guardiola: “We are innocent”
The media is new Pep Guardiola insisted that the Liverpool “he is our best rival” and referred to the punishment of Everton and in 115 financial violations of which the City is accused. “There is a greater chance that I will stay if we enter League One That if we win the Champions League, but at this moment we are innocent. “We were not convicted,” he said. Guardiola.
Jurgen Klopp He said that “this fight, which I will watch from anywhere on the planet, is very exciting, but it will not determine our chances for the title.” The coach of Liverpool He is the coach who has won the most matches Guardiola (12), as Pep has beaten the German the most times (11). Only 5 ties between the two. Their rivalry was born when Guardiola directed the Bayern and Kloppat Borussia Dortmund.
“We have to be at our best level to have a chance,” he added. Klopp, whose Liverpool is back after failing to qualify for the Champions League last year
Source: La Verdad
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