When Manchester City lost 2-1 at Newcastle last week, Pep Guardiola held a 30-minute post-match inquest in the dressing room. He said he’d miss City v Arsenal because it clashed with a Liverpool training session. City never get to play in this type of game any more because nearly every other Premier League team plays so defensively against them. He has already had two huge disappointments with Liverpool, losing the Europa League final in 2016 and the Champions League final last year. This explains why Klopp can so often be seen geeing up the crowd as though it were one of his players.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 06:00 UTC