'Not the best news to wake up to' - Reds fan on Guardiola deal

It was not the best news to wake up to from a Liverpool perspective. A few years back, Pep Guardiola extended during the international break in November and it revitalised Manchester City and propelled them to the Premier League title. This happening again is obviously the worry.

Guardiola is the best manager in the world. He has been for some time. It is a lazy myth that he has only won so much because he has been at a club who have spent loads of money. If that was the case, why have Manchester United not done anything of note in the past decade? Why are Chelsea not automatically title contenders? He is a ruthlessly brilliant tactician and someone who is utterly obsessed with winning.

Over the years, his teams were always a little ahead of Jurgen Klopp's. The German often beat City in one-off games, but over the course of the season, Guardiola came out on top. Klopp lost the title on 97 and 94 points, remember.

Arne Slot, though, has come into Liverpool and hardly put a foot wrong. He is maximising the talent at his disposal and I would say, perhaps controversially, that Liverpool currently have better players than City - from back to front.

Their first ever meeting is coming up next weekend and it could be symbolic, given a Liverpool win could see Guardiola eight points behind Slot, providing both sides win on their return from the international break.

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