Liverpool Y Manchester City The faces are seen in the match of the European day for the 23rd date of the Premier League this Sunday from 13:30 (Argentina). This duel will have the particularity that two elite coaches meet, the German Jürgen Klopp and the Spanish Pep Guardiola, a duel that will be the 21st with each other as coaches between their steps through their present teams and their previous jobs in German football. Further, in the previous one they crossed with spicy statements.
Both coaches faced each other in different competitions and with different clubs. On Klopp’s side he was directing Borussia Dortmund and Livepool, while Guardiola between his stages at Bayern Munich and the current one in Manchester City. They faced each other in Bundesliga, German Super Cup, German Cup, Community Shield, Champions League and Premier League. The record marks a total of 20 games played, with a slight advantage from the German coach. There are 9 wins for Klopp, 8 for Pep and 3 draws in total.
The Premier League is where they faced the most and where they will face each other on this new occasion. There are nine matches in total, from the 2016-2017 season to the current one. The balance is very even: 3 wins for Pep’s, 3 for Klopp and 3 draws. The most resounding result is the City’s win 5-0 in 2017 and the great game in January 2018, when Anfield’s team won 4-3.
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As for the confrontations between Liverpool and Manchester City with these coaches there are two more competitions in addition to the Premier League. In the 2019 Community Shield they met in a 1-1 draw that culminated in a victory for Guardiola’s men on penalties. They met twice for the Champions League (same roundtrip key), where Klopp took the victory, with a 5-1 aggregate in the quarterfinals in the 2018 edition.
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For the Bundesliga they met on 4 occasions, there was a slight advantage of the team led by Guardiola: three wins and one defeat. For the German Cup they have two clashes, one in the semifinal where they equaled 1-1 but the victory was taken by Klopp’s on penalties and the other was in the 2014 final, where Guardiola’s team won 2-0 and lifted the trophy. In addition, they met twice in the German Super Cup, with 100% effectiveness for Jürgen’s Borussia, with a 4-2 in 2013 and a 2-0 in 2014.
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