Manchester City know that if they win their final five Premier League games, they will be champions for the fourth time in five years.
Three rivalries that helped Man City manager Pep Guardiola become world's best
09.04.2022 - 10:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ahead of Manchester City's crunch Premier League meeting with Liverpool on Sunday, Pep Guardiola admitted that Jurgen Klopp's side - and the German himself - are the biggest rivals of his managerial career.
"We play many times, more times," the City boss said when asked whether the Liverpool rivalry has surpassed those he experienced against Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in his previous coaching roles. "In five years here we [City and Liverpool] have played many times, and all the times we were close."
It's a big statement for a man who endured an intense rivalry with Real Madrid over his four years against Barcelona, best remembered for feisty games and public spats with then Los Blancos manager Jose Mourinho. While at Bayern Munich he developed a more respectful competition with Klopp's successor at Borussia Dortmund, Thomas Tuchel, which has resurfaced following the German's appointment at Chelsea.
So what has made all three rivalries so fascinating?
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Jurgen Klopp
As Guardiola said, the primary factor that puts his rivalry with Klopp above all others is that the pair have faced each other so many times. Since Pep arrived at City in 2016 they have done battle on 13 occasions (twice in the Champions League and 11 in the league) with City winning four of those and Liverpool winning five.
Frequency of meetings aside, matches between the two teams are always of exceptionally high quality.
"The times we play against them, always are many decisions in the game," Guardiola said. "Many details on both sides. Both teams are good. We try to discover the weak points they have which are few. We try to exploit it, try to be ourselves. We play already many times,
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