Here is your Liverpool media round-up for Tuesday, April 19.
Managers' friendship on hold 'out of respect'
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick face each other for the first time outside of Germany on Tuesday.
The Reds host United at Anfield knowing a victory or draw will put them temporarily top of the Premier League, with leaders Manchester City not playing until Wednesday.
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Klopp, who credits compatriot Rangnick as a key influence in his early career in management, said their friendship has been "on hold" since the former Schalke and RB Leipzig boss arrived at Old Trafford in November.
"We didn't have contact since he has been in England at United - due to respect," said Klopp.
Read the full story on BBC Sport HERE.
Liverpool's rise under Jurgen Klopp shows Erik ten Hag will need help to transform Man Utd's fortunes
It is seven years since Brendan Rodgers was sacked by Liverpool and a prominent newspaper columnist pointed the finger squarely at Michael Edwards, their technical director at the time.
Edwards was described as having a "cosy relationship" with Liverpool's Fenway Sports Group owners, "tapping away" at his laptop in an "air-conditioned office" at the club's Melwood training ground as he spearheaded a data-driven approach to recruitment which had caused a rupture with the departing manager.
Edwards offered no public reply at the time, instead continuing his work in private, but there was a light-hearted nod to that now-infamous criticism when he announced he would be leaving his role at the end of the campaign back in November.
Read the full story on Sky Sports HERE.
