Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has admitted that his Liverpool counterpart, Jurgen Klopp, is not his friend.
However, the Spaniard made it clear he admires Klopp, who he claims has made him a better manager.
Guardiola was speaking after their 2-2 draw with the Reds on Sunday.
Both sides will meet again in the FA Cup semi-final next weekend.
“I don’t know if Jurgen respects me but Jurgen has to know I respect him a lot. He has made me a better manager.
“His team is always there, they are always aggressive.
“We are not friends, we never see each other, I have his number but I don’t call him.
“I have respect for him, but he knows next Saturday [in the FA Cup semi-final] I am going to try and beat him,” Guardiola said.
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COMMENTS
We don’t really expect them to be friends now. Maybe when they are retired. It will be like seeing your lawyer eating and backslapping your opponent’s lawyer. Going to drinking bars and laughing as if they’re not opponents. Has he been bribed by the defender to loss my case will be running through your mind. Liverpool will suspect Klopp and Man City will suspect Pep if they are friends. So park well instead of deceiving us. I’m not impressed.
Meanwhile Pep will look at the 7 remaining matches and have hope.
Man City [MC]:
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Wolverhampton Wonderers vs MC;
MC vs Brighton & Hove Albion;
MC vs Watford;
Leads United vs MC;
MC vs Newcastle United;
West-Ham United vs MC;
MC vs Aston Villa
Liverpool [L]
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L vs Man United;
L vs Everton;
Newcastle vs L;
L vs Tottenham Hotspur;
Aston Villa vs L;
Southampton vs L;
L vs Wolverhampton Wonderers.
Anyways, football is not the same as calculating the distance from the earth to the moon and shoot a rocket and land on the moon. Anything unforseen can spoil things. The best careful should take the day.