Manchester City boss Pep
Guardiola has hailed his Liverpool counter-part Jurgen Klopp for the team spirit he has fostered at Anfielf. The Reds travel to the Etihad on
Sunday looking to leapfrog their
top-four rivals, who currently sit third in the Premier
League , and the match will be the 10th meeting between Klopp
and Guardiola as managers. Klopp and Guardiola met eight
times during their respective
careers with Borussia Dortmund
and Bayern Munich in the
Bundesliga, and their one
Premier League clash saw Liverpool edge out City 1-0 on
New Year's Eve. Klopp has won five to
Guardiola's four so far, and the
ex-Barcelona coach was full of
praise for the "charismatic" Reds
manager. He told Sky Sports: "He
celebrates the goals much better
than me, he hugs his players
much better than me! "He is a charismatic trainer and I
admire him a lot. "Because for a foreign manager
to go to Germany, he took care
of me. "The first day when I lost the
Super Cup [with Bayern], how
gentle he was with me. He is a
top trainer and the way we play
is completely different. "He is a German and I am a
Catalan so the influence in our
cultures are much different. "It is of course a big pleasure to
play against the big trainers in
the world, to push myself against
them." The Reds are looking to secure a
fifth consecutive Premier League
win over City, and Klopp's only
visit to the Etihad as Reds boss
so far saw them hammer their
hosts 4-1 back in November 2014.
