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'Out of this world' - Gary Neville makes huge Jurgen Klopp claim before Man City v Liverpool

Gary Neville believes the job Jurgen Klopp has done at Liverpool is 'out of this world' - and even better than the one done by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

Both managers have been praised for their achievements in England but former Manchester United and England defender Neville believes Klopp's task at Anfield has been more difficult due to the transfer budget available to him.

Speaking ahead of today's huge game between City and Liverpool at the Etihad, Neville said on Sky Sports: "I thought Jurgen Klopp looked unhappy in the early part of the season. I thought Liverpool, from where they were with that exceptional standard a few years ago, I thought they were slightly moving down.

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"The job Jurgen Klopp's done at Liverpool is absolutely incredible. It is unbelievable. I think it's a harder job than what Pep Guardiola has done at Manchester City.

"Pep Guardiola is a genius, I think he's transformed football, he will go down in history in having designed a way of playing the game and that's unbelievable in itself. But for Jurgen Klopp to go to Liverpool in the position they were in, to compete with this Man City team, with the transfer budget they've had, is absolutely out of this world, it really is.

"And to play the football he's played, you don't go and watch Liverpool play and see a bad game of football. There's always a good game of football."

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