April 11, (THEWILL) – Pep Guardiola lauded Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, for assisting him in his development as a manager.
When the two teams met on Sunday, there was no separating them, with Guardiola’s side leading the Premier League title race by one point with seven games remaining, as THEWILL reported.
Guardiola and Klopp were continually praising one another in the build-up to the game, and now that they have played, the City manager has revealed that he enjoys continuously having to improve to stay up with Klopp.
Guardiola remarked: “I don’t know if Jurgen respects me, but I respect him a lot.He makes me a better manager… his teams are positive, aggressive and they want to attack. I try to imitate him.
“Seven games in the Premier League is a lot of points, we have to play away, they have to, but I had a feeling we’ll behave,” Guardiola said when questioned about his team’s remaining fixtures. “I don’t know what’s going to happen. The way we performed against a team that I admire a lot, that made me think a lot, offensively, defensively, make me think for so many years,perform the way they perform.
“I want to win the Premier League, but it doesn’t matter. We’re so good and I think all our fans enjoyed it. It is what it is [the draw]. You are the pundit, you have to analyse, to write and tell, it’s what is. In Anfield we played an incredible half and when we equalised, it was the same result.
“I had the feeling we’ll miss the opportunity to get four points, but I said to you, it doesn’t happen. Win, lose, draw – it’s not over. I’d say the same with a win, it’s not over because I told you we’d take an advantage. We know what we have to do, go to Madrid, FA Cup then we finish. The Premier League is as big as possible.”
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