Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola told who he considers the main rival of the “townspeople”:
“Liverpool has always been our main rival. They had a lot of injuries last season. But this is a top club, a top team, and we are looking forward to the match.
If compared with “Barsoy” And “Real”, “City“wasn’t in the top for 20–30 years, but “Liverpool” was. In the last decade “Liverpool“was our best opponent, that’s the reality”, the Manchester Evening News quotes the expert as saying.
Pep Guardiola himself believes that the coach “Liverpool” made it better: “Of course, he made me better, him and his team. “Liverpool” And “Borussia“We have always been strong competitors, we played well and beautifully”
In turn, yesterday, the head coach of Liverpool Jürgen Klopp commented on whether he considers the confrontation with Manchester City to be the biggest in the English Premier League.
“I don’t know, but these are the most difficult games that will last for years. Fans define such confrontations. If we talk about football, we needed time so that we could compete on the field and participate in big matches”, sums up Klopp for the Liverpool Echo.
The match took place today at 15:30, November 25. According to the results of which, “Manchester city“played a draw at home with “Liverpool”— 1:1.
The meetings between Manchester City and Liverpool have been considered true English classics for the last 5–6 years. Initially, the starting lineups of both clubs were unknown due to injuries. So, for example, Haaland’s participation in this match was in question among the “citizens,” but surprisingly: he took the field and set a new record!
Erling Haaland scored 50 goals in the Premier League faster than anyone else!
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Erling Haaland scored his 50th goal in 2023 (Ronaldo currently has 48 goals and Mbappe has 47). He equaled Bayern and England striker Harry Kane in these figures. The video of the “anniversary” goal can be viewed below.
He set a record — no one has ever managed to do it faster! Journalist James Ducker shared on his social networks that the author of the previous record was Andy Colewho scored 50-th goal in 65th match nuclear submarine.