Former Reds manager Rafa Benitez says you 'cannot compare' his Liverpool side with Jurgen Klopp's.
The Spaniard managed the club between 2004 and 2010 and won the Champions League, FA Cup and Super Cup. He eventually departed in June 2010 after his team finished seventh and missed out on Champions League football.
Under Klopp, the club has seen similar success with a sixth European Cup, as well as the Premier League title in 2020. This term, the Reds have already achieved a domestic cup double and are still in contention for another league title. They've also reached their third Champions League final under the German, which will take place against Real Madrid later this month.
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Benitez says the two teams cannot be compared, largely due to the financial disparities and the limited funds he had available at the time.
He said in an interview with Spanish outlet AS : "If you analyse my Liverpool, when we arrived in 2004, who were the best? (Steven) Gerrard, who was a young kid who played different positions... and there wasn't much else in terms of world-class players.
"Now they tell you about Xabi Alonso, but then he was on loan at Eibar; Luis García was a player that Barcelona was giving up... Among the best later ones is Fernando Torres, who scored 15 or 20 goals in Spain and with us he reached 33.
"We made (Javier) Mascherano grow, who was a substitute at West Ham; Lucas Leiva, who later spent 10 years at the club; (Daniel) Agger, which cost 6 million... People remember that team, (Pepe) Reina for example, but they compare it to a Liverpool that has spent millions, very well spent, it's true, but with players worth 40 million in the dock.
"That's why you can't compare my Liverpool and Klopp's, because you have to analyse the contexts. I had a budget of 20 million, 20! Tell me now with 20 million what Liverpool can sign, nothing. If they are signing players of 40 (million) for the bench.
"This is a great team, a great team, which has intensity, rhythm and a coach who pushes and demands of them and if you don't have players of that level, you push them and they get frustrated."
