Jurgen Klopp’s Insinuation to Pep Guardiola

Basia.news –  Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool manager, seemed tirelessly insinuating his colleague Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City. His insinuation this time about the Champions League.

After the Citizens wiped out the domestic title in England, Guardiola stressed the importance of winning the Premier League title twice in a row. Sometime before he said it, Guardiola also claimed to be a failed coach in the Champions League.

Since last won the 2010-11 Champions League with Barcelona, ​​Guardiola no longer won it and even tended to have difficulty just to reach the final. Klopp made that fact as an allusion to Guardiola.

The German manager has twice brought in   Liverpool to the Champions League final. The chance for the Reds to win the sixth Champions League title this season against Tottenham Hotspur at Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday (2/6) early morning Western Indonesian Time.

“Pep must say it (winning the Premier League is more important than the Champions League) because he hasn’t been in the Champions League final for a long time,” Klopp said, as quoted by the AS.

“He is a great manager and deserves all the praise he can receive. We try to win the Premier League this season. City are a better team. But, there are other competitions that we follow,” he said.

Klopp could have boasted his record by bringing Liverpool twice in a row to the Champions League final. But, in fact, Klopp who had been to the final twice always failed to end it with the Champions League title. Instead, Guardiola won it twice.

Liverpool this season are also competing with Man City in the competition for the 2018-19 Premier League title. In the end, Man City won through a one-point lead over Liverpool and won it twice in a row.