Pep Guardiola warned his Manchester City players that he would be keeping 'notes' on anyone not brave enough to ‘take the ball’ ahead of their crucial Premier League game at Anfield last October.
City came to Merseyside at the end of a vital eight-day period in which they faced Chelsea and the Reds either side of a Champions League group stage fixture at Paris Saint-Germain. Jurgen Klopp’s side at the time were unbeaten across all competitions and had just thumped FC Porto 5-1 in their own European clash.
And the Catalan manager made a point in training, as shown in the club’s new documentary, that he would not accept his players going missing under the raucous Anfield atmosphere.
