Jurgen Klopp believes his Liverpool side are at last a genuine match for Manchester City despite this week’s 2-1 loss to the Premier League champions. Thursday’s defeat was the first time Liverpool had lost in the league season, but they still remained four points clear at the top of the table from their title rivals. The Reds beat City three times last term but Liverpool manager Klopp believes his side are a now much-improved outfit. “From my point of view we were never on a level with City since I came in,” said Klopp. “We won games against them, especially since Pep, but in these games City were better.”The German added: “We only scored more goals, but the possession was at least 60:40 for them in all the games but we won them.

Source: Punch January 05, 2019 18:32 UTC