'We both are competitive but don’t think there is a rivalry,' says Klopp ahead of Liverpool-Man City clash
Liverpool have nothing but respect for their title rivals Manchester City, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday as he played down the debate over Trent Alexander-Arnold's comments before this weekend's top of the table clash.
In an interview with FourFourTwo, the Liverpool defender said that trophies meant more to Liverpool than for City because of the financial situation at both clubs.
City's Erling Haaland and Ruben Dias responded saying that Alexander-Arnold doesn't know how it feels to win a treble, and Klopp was asked to comment on the argument ahead of Sunday's meeting with City.
«I'm not sure how often in this club we have to say how much we respect the opponent, in this case City, and mean it,» Klopp told a press conference. «Pep (Guardiola) is the best manager in the world, I have a really good life with not being even close to that. Haaland is the best number nine, Kevin De Bruyne will go down in history, Phil Foden best English player at the moment.
»Trent respects that, but he's born in Liverpool, he played through all the youth teams. One of our slogans that I love is «This Means More» and it means more, to us, we have no clue 100% what it means to other people."
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Much has been made of the fact that this could be the last meeting between Klopp and Guardiola, with the Liverpool manager leaving at the end of this season, but the German said they were not rivals.
«I don't feel there's a rivalry, I understand why you call it like that but we're both pretty competitive, we both want to win games,» Klopp said. «But it's not a rivalry. If we meet in the future it will be full of respect, I think I've said it often enough how much I respect
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