Jurgen Klopp's final act at Liverpool could be to hand Man City the perfect title race motivation

When Trent Alexander-Arnold claimed that winning trophies at Liverpool 'means more' than Manchester City's recent successes, the Blues squad couldn't believe what they were reading.

Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias and Manu Akanji all criticised the comments with a disbelieving tone. Dias said: "You can only have certain emotions if you actually win stuff. A Treble is a feeling you can only know how it feels when you actually do it."

Akanji added: "He can't tell because he didn't win it. If he won three or five titles in one year, like we did last year, then he can speak again. Haaland agreed: "I've been here one year and won the Treble and it was quite a nice feeling, I do not think he knows exactly this feeling. So yeah, that is what I felt last season and it was quite nice."

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At the time, Jurgen Klopp defended Alexander-Arnold's right to the opinion, saying there was 'nothing wrong' with the comments, before insisting that there is absolutely no disrespect from Liverpool towards City.

He added: "What would you think in that situation? One of our slogan, which I love, is ‘This Means More’, and it means more - to us. We have no clue what it means to other people but what happens here means more to us."

Now, Klopp has joined Alexander-Arnold in saying his one Premier League title at Anfield is worth as much as five with another club. Here we go again.

"I really think there's a Liverpool way," said Klopp this week. "When you win one time with Liverpool, it is worth as much as five with another club. To experience a good moment is really good. To experience a good moment with a