Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has told Sky Sports that Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are the toughest opponents he has faced in his career so far.
Guardiola made the big claim about Liverpool following Manchester City’s comfortable win against Manchester United in the Manchester derby on Sunday evening.
City remain at the top of the Premier League table with 69 points from 28 matches.
The defending champions are six points clear of second-placed Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have a game in hand.
Pep Guardiola on Liverpool
Guardiola said: “The toughest opponent I’ve ever faced in my twelve, thirteen years as a manager.”
Big claim
In our view, Guardiola’s claim about Liverpool is massive.
Manchester City have been superb under Guardiola, but Liverpool have been a real force and have never allowed them to take it easy.
Even this season, Liverpool are making it extremely hard for the Citizens to win the Premier League title for the second season in a row.
Guardiola is a farmer Barcelona manager, and we all know the intense rivalry between the Catalan giants and Real Madrid in Spain.
It seems that Guardiola rates the current Liverpool squad even higher than the Madrid sides he faced as a manager.
That is quite something.
Manchester City and Liverpool are two of the strongest teams in the world and have two of the best managers.
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