'Look how they play': Pep Guardiola takes a subtle dig at Liverpool as he suggests Arsenal are Man City's biggest title rivals
Pep Guardiola has joined the war of words against Liverpool by suggesting Arsenal are a bigger title rival for Manchester City.
He The citizens They travel to Anfield on Sunday for a clash at the top of the Premier League table, with the defending champions one point behind the leaders Reds.
Before the match, Trent Alexander-Arnold stated that due to financial differences between the club, trophies cannot be won. It means more to Liverpool.
His boss Jürgen Klopp defended himbut City stars Erling Haaland and Ruben Dias fend in the face of the comments that have fueled the fire.
And now it has been Guardiola's It's time to join the discourse before what could be a decisive match for the title this weekend.
When asked if it will be easier to cope Liverpool post-Klopp The next season, he said: “I would like to know, but I don't think so. Liverpool have always been Liverpool and the contenders are there.”
Guardiola then seemed to insinuate that Arsenal They could well be City's biggest title rivals in a subtle foray into the Merseyside team.
He stated: “Arsenal are already there, last season they were our biggest rivals. Look how they play.”
“Liverpool They need more than 90 minutes to win the game, sometimes more.
“Arsenal sometimes only needs 25 minutes to win games. That's why it's there.
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“I guess Tottenham will take a step forward and (Manchester) United and Newcastle will maybe go back to playing a game a week.
“It's next season and I don't have the ability to think about what will happen next.”
The fact that Arsenal are one point behind City means there is a three-horse race for this season's title.
The Gunners led City for most of last season but results in the latter stages slipped and they finished runners-up.
Liverpool are also no strangers to rivaling City for the title, having done so in several seasons over the last ten years.
With only 11 games left, every result in the coming weeks will be critical to all three teams' chances of going all the way.
And what better opportunity for Liverpool or City to set the tone this weekend as they meet in what could be a clash for the ages.
