Guardiola on Klopp: “The rival that made me most puzzled”

Manchester City have lost 18 points behind Liverpool this season. Now Man City coach Pep Guardiola reveals how Liverpool sometimes made him despair.

Coach Pep Guardiola has ennobled Liverpool with head coach Jürgen Klopp as the “toughest opponent”. «If they appear dominant, they constrict you, then there is no escape. They are moving very quickly backwards and are extremely strong strategically and mentally, »said the Manchester City coach in a DAZN interview.

If you play dominant yourself, you will find gaps that nobody else will find. Jürgen Klopp is the rival who most puzzled me how to beat him and his team, »says the Spaniard about the English football champions.

At the beginning of his career, Liverpool was “a little weaker” than Real Madrid, “but now the Reds are the team against whom it was the most difficult in my coaching career”. Guardiola, on the other hand, said before the round of 16 second leg in the Champions League against the Spanish champion from Madrid: «We got a good result in the first leg. But we shouldn’t think too much about the advantage we have, because then we will have difficulties. » Man City won the first leg 2-1.

«If I don’t win the Champions League, I will have failed»

In the second leg next Friday (9.00 p.m. live on Teleclub Sport) he would “not make any tactical changes or do anything just to surprise Real Madrid. You know how we play, ”said Guardiola, who reaffirmed the goal of the royal triumph with Man City. «I tried the first year, the second and the third. And I’ll try it in the fourth year. Whenever I’m there, I try to win the title. If I don’t win the Champions League, I will have failed, but the most important thing is to try. »