Liverpool AND Manchester Citytwo heavyweights of English football in recent years, give life to the weekend match for the 28th match of the Premier League, with the Argentines Alexis MacAllister AND Giuliano Alvarez as titles. The winner of both teams will be the leader of the competition with ten dates remaining, Arsenal will also be involved in the fight.
The rivalry and tension between the two is evident, which adds even more ingredients to a very spicy dish. Plus, it makes for another fascinating DT duel between Pep Guardiola AND Jurgen Kloppwho has announced that he will leave his position at the end of the season.
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The defender Trent Alexander-Arnoldborn in Liverpool and one of the team’s emblematic players Jurgen Klopphe lit the fuse at the beginning of the week, associating City’s successes with the large financial resources it has at its disposal having been controlled since 2008 by a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family.
“It’s tough. We’re up against a machine built to win. That’s the simplest way to describe City and their organisation,” Alexander-Arnold told the magazine. FourFourTwoalluding to the financial structure of the Emirati owners of the “Citizens”.
“Even though in recent years they have won more titles than us and probably had more success, our trophies will mean more to us and our fans because of the financial situation of both clubs,” he said.
Alexander-Arnold’s comments were responded to by City’s biggest star, the Norwegian striker. Erling Haaland.
“I’ve been here for a year and I won the treble (Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup), it was a good feeling,” the Nordic striker told Sky Sports on Thursday.
“I don’t think I know that feeling, which I felt last season,” the blonde added, referring directly to Alexander-Arnold.
Both Manchester City and Liverpool come into the game having had European commitments this week.
City qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, beating Copenhagen 3-1, in a match in which they rested several starters, while Liverpool won 5-1 in the Czech Republic against Prague’s Sparta, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League.
The last quarter of an hour of that match was played by the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, who reappeared after two and a half weeks out, thus aiming to be able to play against City.
Source: Clarin
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