This Sunday, at Anfield, the classic of recent classics in English football: an exciting one Liverpool-Manchester City Furthermore, if the FA Cup does not cross their paths again, this will be the last rivalry, at least for now, between the Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. At the very least, this is certain to be, at least at this stage, the last confrontation between the two in the Premier. Klopp He said he would not coach any team other than this one in the future. Liverpool.
Isn’t the Klopp-Guardiola a rivalry like many between coaches: they are the two coaches who have undoubtedly had the greatest influence on football in recent years.
This Sunday the Klopp’s Liverpool and Guardiola’s Manchester City They face each other again. This time it was the ‘red’ team that took the ‘citizen’ lead, but only one point separated them. At the Etihad, 1-1 in the current Premier. He Liverpool He scored 64 goals in the current English championship and got 25. city achieved 62 and received 27. The Arsenal, With 68 goals scored and only 23 conceded, he passed them both and 3rd, 2 points behind Liverpool one of the city.
He is always in favor City of Manchester the purposes of Erling HaalandPremier’s ‘top scorer’, with 18 goals (29 in all competitions), and has only scored once at Anfield and he did so in Salzburghis team at the time, in the 2019-20 Champions League (4-3 for Liverpool). The motivation could not be greater Haaland. And of course for himself Pep Guardiolawho have won just once at Anfield: 1-4 on February 7, 2021, in the 2020-21 Premier.
Speaking of battering rams, Darwin Nunez He is in a good moment and has scored in 4 consecutive games, against Burnleyhe Brentfordhe Nottingham Forest (the epic last-gasp winning goal) and the Sparta Prague (a doublet). The Uruguayan has 10 goals in the Premier League, 16 in all competitions.
Continuing with key players from both teams, Mohamed Salahwho after his injury reappeared this Thursday in the 1-5 against Sparta in Prague (first leg of the Europa League round of 16), is the top scorer of Liverpool this season, with 19 goals in all competitions. In the Premier he reached 15, he was the third top scorer, then Haaland (18) and Ollie Watkins (16). In the City range, Rodri It is now a record guarantee: the Spanish international midfielder has gone 60 consecutive games without defeat in all competitions.
Source: La Verdad
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