Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola meet for the final time in the Premier League on Sunday — their presence has changed the division
It was one of those wet, blustery afternoons Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola had been told about. “Fighting football — what we in Germany call, ‘English football’,” as Klopp had described it admiringly during his days at . “Rainy day, heavy pitch, everybody dirty in the face.” It was March 2017. Klopp had been at Liverpool for 17 months, Guardiola at for just nine and it is funny, looking back at the line-ups that day, to note how much has changed in seven years.
City denied Liverpool from scoring by the tightest of margins in 2019 Liverpool, further reinforced by the signings of Alisson and , had been unbeaten for their first 20 Premier League matches, but City proved just too strong that Thursday night, winning 2-1 to reduce the deficit at the top of the table from seven points to four. It was Liverpool’s only defeat of the entire league campaign, but, up against such flawless opponents, it proved one too many.
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