Friday February 05, 2021
The ‘citizen’ DT announced the key commitment they will have on Sunday, February 7, against Liverpool, and responded to the statements of Klopp, who affirmed that the Spanish team had two weeks off, as a result of COVID-19. City marches first with 47 points, seven behind the reds.
Josep Guardiola spoke in the preview of the duel between Manchester City and Liverpool (02/07) and had words for Jürgen Klopp, who had stated that the ‘citizens’ had two weeks off, when no one else had. This in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak that the City had at Christmas and that forced the duel against Everton to be suspended (12/28).
“It has surprised me. He believed that Jürgen was not the type of coach who leaves these comments at a press conference. Perhaps it has been a misunderstanding in the answer, but it has surprised me ”, the Spanish strategist began.
Along the same lines, the former Bayern Munich coach added that “maybe Jürgen has to review the calendar. On Sunday when I see him in the field I will ask him how many days off we had ”.
To close this topic, ‘Pep’ indicated that “I am not irritated with Klopp, but I did not expect it. You know that is not true, no Premier team had a break for two weeks. There are some coaches who say this kind of thing on purpose. If he has said it like that, then nothing, welcome ”.
On the match between the ‘sky blues’ and the ‘reds’, the 50-year-old coach said that “Liverpool are one of our rivals to win the league. Totally. There is still much to play, there are many points, but they are there. There is no candidate that has already been ruled out, nor others that are already champions ”.
Finally, Guardiola advanced the commitment and said that “I want my team to go to Anfield to win yes or yes. Regardless of the rest. We have not had great results lately, but we have no regrets about this. “
