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Charlotte Coates

Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp ready for battle as title race reaches boiling point

Here is your Liverpool media round-up for Monday, April 4.

Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp ready for 'proper battle' as title race hots up

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are in a "proper battle" with Liverpool for the Premier League title, as Jurgen Klopp insists they are in the position they wanted to be heading into next weekend's pivotal clash at the Etihad Stadium, live on Sky Sports .

Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Watford in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off moved Klopp's side to the summit for a few hours before City beat Burnley 2-0 to reclaim top spot and remain a point clear.

The results set up a mouth-watering clash between City and Liverpool next Sunday at the Etihad, live on Sky Sports.

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"The next Premier League game we will play against Liverpool so we know they are going to win almost all the games - hopefully not the next one - but we will try to do the same," Guardiola said after the win at Turf Moor.

Read the full story from Sky Sports HERE

Man City v Liverpool: 'We will fight' - title race intensifies as rival bosses focus on big match

As Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp put it: "The next Premier League game is a big one - we can't hide from that."

As recently as January, few would have looked at Manchester City versus Liverpool on 10 April as being quite such a huge game in the title race.

When City beat Chelsea 1-0 on 15 January, they moved 14 points clear at the top and, although the Reds had two games in hand, it looked as though Pep Guardiola's side were seemingly running in a one-horse race.

But since then, Liverpool have won every Premier League game they have played and victory over Watford on Saturday lifted them to the top of the table, albeit briefly.

Indeed, Klopp had barely taken his seat in the post-match news conference when City had opened the scoring in their game against Burnley to return to the summit in the as-it-stands table.

Read the full story from BBC Sport HERE

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