Pep Guardiola Downplays Liverpool’s Threat Level, Believes Arsenal Are Stronger Title Challengers

• Manchester City and Liverpool will meet in a highly-anticipated clash at Anfield on Sunday
• Jurgen Klopp's men are a single point about Pep Guardiola's men on the top of the EPL table
• Guardiola seemingly suggested that Liverpool were not his side's biggest threat for the title

The tension between Manchester City and Liverpool is heating up ahead of their upcoming fixture.

The two sides will meet in a top-of-the-table clash at Anfield on Sunday, March 10, with City trailing the Reds by just one point.

With 11 games to go in the season, the clash between the two sides may not decide who wins the title but could turn the tide heading into the final stretch.

Speaking ahead of the game, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has fired a shot at Jurgen Klopp’s men, seemingly suggesting that they weren’t his side’s biggest challengers.

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Who Guardiola is more concerned about

As noted by Metro, Guardiola named Arsenal as the side the Citizens needed to watch out for.

“Arsenal is already there, last season they were our biggest rivals. Look how they play. Liverpool need more than 90 minutes to win the game, Arsenal sometimes need 25 minutes to win the games,” he said.

His comments were in reference to Liverpool needing a 99th-minute winner from Darwin Nunez to beat Nottingham Forest, whereas Arsenal have been scoring with ease recently.

Tensions rise between rival players

As the game gets closer, the veiled jibes between the two sets of players have started to increase.

Recently, Trent Alexander-Arnold riled up City players with his comments about trophies.

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Sports Brief reported how Erling Haaland fired back at Trent Alexander-Arnold after his recent comments about the Citizens and trophies.

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The Liverpool defender suggested that trophies were more significant for the Reds because of the different financial resources between the two sides.

The Norwegian striker was not having any of TAA’s jibe and fired back at the Englishman, saying Trent didn’t know what it felt like to win a treble.