Two heavyweights crossed dialectically outside the field. The last hours of Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola were not quiet: the German coach pointed against the rest time that Manchester City players had due to coronavirus issues for Sunday’s game against Liverpool, and the Spanish He did not take the comment very well and replied at the press conference this Friday.
Klopp and Guardiola, face to face. Photo: Martin Rickett / PA Wire / dpa
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Klopp spoke at the press conference and spiced up the run-up to Sunday’s game against City. “Our team has had no respite this season, instead Manchester City had two weeks off due to Covid-19 issues”, said the Liverpool manager.
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The one who did not like that statement very well was Guardiola, who did not remain silent and a while later he replied: “Klopp was wrong. Maybe it was two months, or three months that they had off, or four … Surely this is the reason why we are in the top 4. I am surprised because I thought that I was not like others . Jürgen may have to check the calendar. On Sunday when I see him in the field I’ll ask him how many days off they had “ .
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“I am not going to deny that it is important, but I am not going to Anfield with the idea that it can be definitive but with the desire to win and to play a good game. Nor is it a KO match. 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 reproach about this, “said Pep, whose team leads the Premier League with 47 points and leads Liverpool seven, with one game less.
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Manchester City have not beaten Liverpool as a visitor since 2003, on that occasion the Citizens defeated the Reds 2 to 1 with two goals from Nikolas Anelka. Since then they have played 18 games at Anfield, with 13 wins for the hosts and 5 draws.. This Sunday the faces will be seen again from 13.30 on the date 23 of the Premier League.
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