It is undisputable that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City and Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have transformed football in England in recent years.
The pair's battles for Premier League supremacy in the 2018/19 and 2021/22 seasons will go down in the all-time greatest rivalries, but the Reds have tailed off this season. And that means Gary Neville was on the money when he said the fixture has some way to go to match the Manchester United and Arsenal rivalry in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Two of the main protagonists, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, were this week inducted into the Premier League hall of fame and while Guardiola and Klopp may well one day follow, the longevity of City and Liverpool at the top of the tree is yet to exceed the United and Arsenal duopoly that existed for many years.
