5 reasons why Manchester City Vs Liverpool is the biggest game in English football 

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Manchester City v Liverpool is the most anticipated game in the Premier League

#3 Tactical warfare

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Klopp and Guardiola have both had huge influences on the modern game

Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have combined to help the Premier League reclaim its trophy as the most exciting football league in the world in recent years.

After years of sterile football and management, the two men have breathed new life into the division, producing some jaw-dropping displays of football and creating one of the most intriguing rivalries in the British game.

Klopp's famed gegenpress has made Liverpool into one of the most thrilling attacking units in world football, while Pep Guardiola has dazzled fans with his side's impressive tika taka, juego de posicion based gameplay.

The encounters between the two men have become highly complicated games of chess, with both men desperate to prove that their style of football is the future.

Klopp has been one of the only managers who has been capable of outsmarting Guardiola in recent seasons, and the former Borussia Dortmund manager will be hoping he can manage that once again this weekend.

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