Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has snubbed Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid side as he claims Liverpool are the 'toughest opponent' he has ever faced in his managerial career.
City moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League with their 4-1 victory over rivals Manchester United on Sunday.
But Guardiola insists The Reds are 'outstanding' despite coming up against the likes of Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid during his time with Barcelona as well as Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund when he was at Bayern Munich.
City and Liverpool are the only teams to have won the Premier League since 2017 and have created a real dominance.
It is expected to be another exciting end to the season with Liverpool having a game in hand on the Citizens heading into the final stretch.
'To fight with them (Liverpool) is one of the biggest achievements of my career. They are outstanding.
'Liverpool are the toughest opponent I have ever faced in my 12-13 years as a manager.'
Both clubs are still fighting for silverware on three different fronts this season, including the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
'Hopefully we can say we are a pain in the a** for Liverpool too.
'I said many times the success as a manager is the fact that year after year we still run like we are there to win again, even after three titles.
'We remain humble and continue to play every single game, do it and be there, these guys have done it many, many times.'
City have just 10 Premier League fixtures left this season while Liverpool have 11 left to play as the title races begins to get exciting.
The two sides will meet on April, 10 at the Etihad Stadium.
MadridMaldives
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Pep Guardiola: "Bayern 0-4 Real Madrid was the worst defeat of my career". 5th February, 2020
Rj13
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So you think chelsea is a joke to you wait till we take away UCL glory once again🤣🤣🤣
Tondabowy
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Some are saying Madrid...Lol they have to go back to their book and check...this even champions league when he beat Madrid home and away. Madrid was the easy to be beaten by Pep ..you can ask Mourinho when he and his players misbehaved and end up by 0:5 ...
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The most difficult team to beat now is Chelsea
lawalidris
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English too hard to understand. When he said toughest team he actually mean team that make his squad difficult. Your team can beat his team that is not a problem that does not mean your team is better than his team. if you listen to his interview after all those defeats, he will tell you his team play very well even though they were defeated.
fibaekouyz
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Sorry Pep the compliment wont cause us to take the foot of the throttle. Mind games are obvious. See you in April.
Bolabest147
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Mind game!!!
Vetabciktu
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Pain in the ass this us the big 5
madridistasss
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Pep Guardiola: "Bayern 0-4 Real Madrid was the worst defeat of my career". 5th February, 2020
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Pep hates Real madrid and we all know that
maycdlorst
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Pep Guardiola: "Bayern 0-4 Real Madrid was the worst defeat of my career". 5th February, 2020
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I don’t think he was talking about talent. I think he was talking about tactical preparations. Liverpool is a team that perfectly counters his current side. That Real Madrid team was better but he had the players and play style that could go well against them. ( he still lost though)
MadridMaldives
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please bring his win records against Real Madrid😅😅😅 clownss🤡🤡🤡🤡
Please bring me Europe League trophy! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣