As Jurgen Klopp gears up his Liverpool team to take on the defending champions this weekend, he asserts that “nobody can compete” with the wealth and resources of Manchester City.
With the addition of world-class striker Erling Haaland over the summer, City, who has won four of the last five Premier League championships, is aiming to win the trophy for the third consecutive season.
Despite being the only unbeaten team playing in English professional football this year, Pep Guardiola’s team is currently ranked second, trailing only leaders Arsenal.
Meanwhile, Klopp’s Liverpool have had a difficult start to the season, winning only two of their first nine Premier League games despite being expected to challenge City for the title once more.
The German manager asserted that Liverpool couldn’t possibly catch up to City’s recent development when asked if they could.
“Oh, you won’t like the answer. You will not like the answer, and you all have the answer already. Nobody can compete with City in that,” he said.
“You have the best team in the world and you put in the best striker on the market – no matter what it costs, you just do it. I know City will not like it, nobody will like it, you’ve asked the question but you know the answer.”
“What does Liverpool do? We cannot act like them. It is not possible. Not possible. It is just clear. There are three clubs in world football who can do what they want financially. It’s legal and everything, fine, but they can do what they want.
“We have to look at it [and say], ‘We need that and we need that and we have to look here and make it younger, and here a prospect and here’s a talent,’ and that is what you have to do. And you compete with them.
“It is not a problem at all for me, it’s like it is. Don’t ask me that question because you always open this discussion and it’s me telling you. But you all know it, you should know. It is not possible to deal with that.”
This Sunday, Liverpool hosts City at Anfield in an effort to kickstart their campaign and avoid losing any more ground in the title race.
