Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has praised its rivals in the highest sounds after the high-class 2: 2 (2: 1) in the top game of the Premier League against FC Liverpool. He was a winning warrant for his players for the rest of the season games.
“We now know that we can not get Masters if we get a bad result only in a game,” said the coach after the game at SKY and gave his players a winning warrant for the last seven season games in the Premier League. “Will it be easy? In no case, seven games in the Premier League are a lot, but it will be difficult for Liverpool,” he said.
However, Guardiola also emphasized to be “very proud” to his players. “I told my players that today there is no reason to be sad. All in the square have played incredibly well,” Guardiola said and described the game against Liverpool as “Advertising for the Premier League.
Despite an almost perfect performance in the first half, Manchester City did not manage to beat the FC Liverpool in the high-class top game and expand its lead in the table to four points. Liverpools coach Jürgen Klopp compared the rapid beat remedy of the two top teams with an “epic” heavyweight fight in the boxing.
The coaches were like the neck immediately after the final whistle. Guardiola then praised the Germans seen so much that that was the same for a professional love declaration. “I do not know if Jürgen respected me, but Jürgen has to know that I respect him very well. He made me a better coach,” said Guardiola and admitted that Jürgen Klopp’s ideas have inspired him from Power football. “His team is always there, she is always aggressive.”
Guardiola: “To look at a pleasure, Liverpool”
“It’s a pleasure to watch Liverpool,” said Guardiola, but precise: “We are not friends, we’ll never see each other, I have his number, but I do not call him. I have respect for him, but he knows that, but he knows that I’ll try next Saturday to beat him. Coming Saturday, the two best teams of England meet again in the FA Cup final.
The 2: 2 on Sunday was the 22nd intervening between Guardiola and Klopp as a coach, its balance is balanced, both have won nine games.
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Premier League: Table after the 31st matchday
| Place | Team | Games | Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Manchester City | 31 | 72: 20 | 74 |
| 2. | Liverpool | 31 | 79: 22 | 73 |
| 3rd | Chelsea | 30 | 64: 23 | 62 |
| 4. | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 56: 37 | 57 |
| 5. | Arsenal | 30 | 45: 36 | 54 |
| 6. | West Ham United | 32 | 51: 42 | 51 |
| 7. | Manchester United | 31 | 49: 42 | 51 |
| 8. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 33: 28 | 49 |
| 9. | Leicester City | 29 | 45: 48 | 40 |
| 10. | Crystal Palace | 31 | 43: 40 | 37 |
| 11. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 28: 37 | 37 |
| 12. | Aston Villa | 31 | 42: 46 | 36 |
| 13. | Brentford | 32 | 39: 48 | 36 |
| 14. | Southampton | 31 | 37: 52 | 36 |
| 15. | Newcastle United | 31 | 34: 54 | 34 |
| 16. | Leeds United | 32 | 38: 68 | 33 |
| 17. | Everton | 30 | 33: 52 | 28 |
| 18. | Burnley | 30 | 25: 44 | 24 |
| 19. | Watford | 31 | 29: 60 | 22 |
| 20. | Norwich City | 31 | 20: 63 | 21 |
