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As a coach, Jürgen Klopp (56) has never lost as often to anyone as to Pep Guardiola (53). And Guardiola has lost to no one more than Klopp. The decade-long duel between the star coaches may come to an end today. Because Klopp is leaving Liverpool this summer and taking a break. At most, the teams could only meet in the FA Cup. What is certain is that the big highlight is now upon us: the possible farewell performance will also culminate in a key match in the race for the Premier League crown.
It seems Klopp’s 12 wins against Guardiola and Guardiola’s 11 wins against Klopp have sent mutual respect skyrocketing. Not only on the island did the German motivational artist and the Spanish tactics master face each other again and again – a total of 29 times. The beginning dates back to more than ten years ago. It all started in July 2013 in Germany. As BVB coach, Klopp inflicted the 2-4 defeat in the Super Cup final on the new Bayern coach. Shaqiri was also in Guardiola’s starting line-up at the time.
This is what Klopp’s enormous respect for Guardiola sounds like
The wins and losses that the two coaches inflicted on each other in Germany and, from 2016, in England, would set up a huge rivalry between them. But the opposite is the case. Klopp praises Guardiola endlessly: “Pep is the best coach in the world. I can live very well without even going near him.” He came to this statement before the top fight just 40 seconds into the press conference, without having been directly asked for an assessment of Guradiola.
With Guardiola it sounds like this: “If he goes, part of us at Manchester City will go too. Liverpool has been our biggest rival in recent years.” So says a coach who has won everything in England. Guardiola has led the Citizens to one Champions League title, five championships, two FA Cups and four League Cups in 456 competitive matches since 2016 His contract runs until 2025. At some point he also wants to leave and take over a national team, but not this summer.
Guardiola also handed Klopp a 5-0 defeat in 2017. And the Spaniard twice managed to become champion with ManCity, one point ahead of Klopp’s Liverpool (2019 and 2022). Klopp won the competition in 2020. And in addition to the very first direct match in Germany, he also won the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the first meeting on the island in 2018. What will it look like in what could be the final matchup between the coaching titans?
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team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
|
 Arsenal F.C
|
28
|
46
|
64
|
|
|
2
|
 Liverpool F.C
|
27
|
39
|
63
|
|
|
3
|
 Manchester city
|
27
|
35
|
62
|
|
|
4
|
 Aston Villa
|
27
|
22
|
55
|
|
|
5
|
 Tottenham Hotspur
|
26
|
16
|
50
|
|
|
6
|
 Manchester United
|
28
|
0
|
47
|
|
|
7
|
 West Ham United
|
27
|
-4
|
42
|
|
|
8th
|
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
|
28
|
-2
|
41
|
|
|
9
|
 Newcastle United
|
27
|
12
|
40
|
|
|
10
|
 Brighton & Hove Albion
|
27
|
5
|
39
|
|
|
11
|
 Chelsea F.C
|
26
|
1
|
36
|
|
|
12
|
 Fulham F.C
|
28
|
-4
|
35
|
|
|
13
|
 AFC Bournemouth
|
27
|
-12
|
32
|
|
|
14
|
 Crystal Palace
|
28
|
-15
|
29
|
|
|
15
|
 Brentford FC
|
28
|
-12
|
26
|
|
|
16
|
 Everton F.C
|
28
|
-10
|
25
|
|
|
17
|
 Nottingham forest
|
27
|
-15
|
24
|
|
|
18
|
 Luton town
|
27
|
-17
|
21
|
|
|
19
|
 Sheffield United FC
|
28
|
-50
|
14
|
|
|
20
|
 Burnley F.C
|
27
|
-35
|
13
|
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
