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Charlotte Coates

Sir Alex Ferguson never had rivalry like Jurgen Klopp's as 'dangerous' Liverpool claim made

Here is your Liverpool media round-up for Friday, April 8.

Pep Guardiola's Man City vs Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool: Is this now the best rivalry in Premier League history?

“You are always looking in the rear-view mirror to see who is coming up behind you and when you see someone you accelerate. Arsenal were catching us up. And their team was good enough to go above us, there was no question about that.”

Sir Alex Ferguson was reflecting on what many regard as the seminal rivalry of the Premier League era. Arsene Wenger won the Premier League three times in his first eight seasons in English football. It was Ferguson's Manchester United that claimed the rest.

The 1999 treble-winning campaign came immediately after Wenger's first title. It was the emergence of that Arsenal team that made his Manchester United better.

Yet, throughout that period, there was never a season in which both sides hit the 80-point mark. In fact, United and Arsenal have only done that once in Premier League history - the year after Thierry Henry left when the Gunners finished third behind Chelsea.

The sort of sustained excellence now being served up by Manchester City and Liverpool is unprecedented. There is an argument that it is now the greatest Premier League rivalry.

Read the full story from Sky Sports HERE

'Writing Liverpool off was a dangerous thing to do'

Former Liverpool midfielder Jason McAteer believes trying to win the Premier League should be the club's priority as they head into Sunday's huge game against Manchester City.

McAteer said fans shouldn't be greedy, but he believes if any side can pull off an unprecedented quadruple it will be Klopp's.

To do that, the Reds might have to get the better of City on Sunday, despite beating them just once away from home in the Premier League since 2012.

McAteer said: "It is something they will be desperate to do but no team has ever done it and there is a reason why and that is because at this time of the season mental and physical fatigue sets in and in the past it has been one game too many for any manager or team.

"But we have strength in depth, we have a manager who knows his way around all the competitions, he has faith in all his players with arguably the strongest squad he has ever had. We can cope with it, but you just never know in football. Quietly that (a quadruple) is what we want as fans - but we don't want to be greedy.

"I think everyone wrote Liverpool off, which was a very dangerous thing to do."

Read the full story on BBC Sport HERE

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