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Klopp: Pep history irrelevant
- Updated: December 29, 2016
Jurgen Klopp insists history will count for nothing when Liverpool take on Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City at Anfield on New Year’s Eve.
The German will come up against Guardiola for the eighth time in his career when his second-placed side face City, who are just one place and one point adrift.
Guardiola has enjoyed great success with Barcelona and Bayern Munich and is regarded by many as one of the greatest managers in the world.
However, Klopp’s results against him have been as good as anyone’s with four victories – albeit three in cup competitions in eight meetings during their time in the Bundesliga.
“We know everything about how Pep played with Bayern but that is not important any more because it is different players and different systems,” said the Liverpool manager.
“We are a different team so …
