Manchester City did their part of the job when they beat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. Tonight it’s Liverpool’s turn to respond in the regular tittelkampen between the two storlagene. Klopps men meet in the evening an unstable West Ham team, which has struggled to find rhythm this season.
In the occasion has Ilkai Gündogan spoken out about their former managers tittelsjanser. Midtbanespilleren was to win one ligagull together with Klopps Dortmund, and the German said to the Manchester Evening News that he sees similarities between Klopps Dormund and Klopps Liverpool.
– In Dortmund we had the advantage of only play at the weekend, and then we had a free midweek. Klopp is now in a similar situation with Liverpool. They only have the Premier League and the Champions League, explains Gündogan.
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When it comes for the City, they are still an FA cup title to fight for, where they will meet either Middlesbrough or Newport County. In addition, the Guardiolas crew taken all the way to the finals of the English league cup.
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It has been a good race if the league title this year – especially if you compared with the previous year, where the City was in total superior point. Now they’re got solid competition of Liverpool, who currently tops the Premier League.
– Maybe the fixture is a benefit for them. I’m not sure. There is nothing we can change now. They have to play their matches and we must play ours, ” says Gündogan.
It is that Liverpool have a small distance down to the City, believe Gündogan can be an advantage for rødtrøyene.
– Perhaps there is a bit more difficult for us now, because now we don’t have that distance between ourselves and the other teams, and if one has the distance, one will get higher self-confidence, he believes.
Furthermore, does not Gündogan hide the fact that they look at what Liverpool are doing, and follow their matches. He says that he also has a hope that Liverpool go on a few bangs in the course of the season that City can take advantage of.
– We need to challenge ourselves. We will win matches and be able to say that we did our best. I think that it is still possible to win the title, says midfield-eleganten.
– Too easy for the City
On the question whether Gündogan will see the match between Liverpool and West Ham, suggests that there is a good chance that he will do just that.
– It depends on our own battle. When we lost against Newcastle, I was not in the mood to see some other matches. This time, I see even more matches. We can’t deny that Liverpool also have a good season. They have good players, and they will do everything they can to be at the top of the table until the end of the season, ” he says.
despite the fact that the German is most concerned about the fixture, believes former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher that there is something else that is the reason why City are behind Liverpool on the table.
– the Game has become too easy for City, and they are bored. It explains the losses for me, because when they lost against Chelsea they played well. Very good. It was not a weak game, but it is the kind of stuff that happens, and you just have to accept it, ” said Jamie Carragher, according to the Liverpool Echo, referring to when City lost 2-0 against Chelsea in December.
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