According to Klopp, the figure of Guardiola is an extraordinary manager. The German knows that his trophy cabinet would be much fuller without Guardiola in the competition. 

Klop's first time competing as manager was when they met in the Bundesliga. At that time Guardiola was the manager of Bayern Munich and Klopp was the manager of Borussia Dortmund. 

Together with Bayern Munich, the Spanish manager and former Barcelona coach won the championship trophy for 3 consecutive years from 2013 - 2016. 

In 2013, Klopp was only able to win the 2013 German Super Cup with his Dortmund team. In previous competitions, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, Klopp won the Bundesliga with Dortmund. 

At that time Dortmund had no longer tasted the sweetness of the Bundesliga title since the last time they won the trophy in the 2001/2002 season. 

The arrival of Jurgen Klopp in 2008 was what made Dortmund slowly but surely build the foundation of their strength. At the beginning of his presence, Klopp was immediately able to win the 2008 German Super Cup. 

The 54-year-old coach said as reported by Theatletic.com (7/4/22): "If I were a different person, I might be a little depressed about the fact that Pep Guardiola is constantly coaching this kind of team. 

"Maybe at Dortmund we could have won more titles if Pep wasn't at Bayern. 

Pep Guardiola with Manchester City won the Premier League trophy 3 times, namely in 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2020-2021. Only in the 2019-2020 season, Liverpool won the title. 

Liverpool in 2019 won the Champions League trophy with Klopp, while Guardiola has never won it again since managing Barcelona. 

According to data from Premierleague.com (8/4/22), since the 2018-2019 season, Manchester City have collected 338 points and Liverpool 337 points. Only one point adrift shows that the competition between the two clubs is very tight.

Now in the 2021-2022 season, the two teams are again competing for the prestigious title in this Premier League competition . Analysts estimate that the duel in Week 31 for the two teams is a duel to determine the champion.  

An interesting fact for Liverpool is that they are currently on track for the second highest points total by a second-placed team in Premier League history. 


The best finish after their total of 97 points in the 2018/19 season. At that time, only one point difference with City, the Premier League trophy winners. 

The ongoing rivalry now between Manchester City and Liverpool is unprecedented. There is an argument that this is now the biggest Premier League rivalry in its long history. 

In the midst of Klopp's respect for Guardiola, let's just enjoy the duel to determine the Premier League champion in this year's competition season on Sunday