Guardiola Accuses Klopp Of Mind Games Ahead Anfield Showdown

  Guardiola Accuses Klopp Of Mind Games Ahead Anfield Showdown By Oluwayemi Omolagba Pep Guardiola has accused Jurgen Klopp of indulging in disingenuous mind games ahead of Manchester City’s vital trip to Anfield on Sunday, BSNsports.com.ng reports. The City manager made it plain he was deeply disappointed with Klopp after his Liverpool counterpart suggested the Manchester club had enjoyed two weeks off over Christmas in the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak which saw a scheduled game against Everton at Goodison Park postponed in late December. Klopp implied the break in reality, seven days without a game, helped prompt City’s recent ascent to the top of the Premier League but an unimpressed Guardiola said he expected much better from the German. “I’m surprised,” said City’s manager. “I thought Jurgen was not that kind of manager. He made a mistake. Jurgen has to see the calendar again. We had Covid, we had one week and we played with 14 players at Stamford Bridge. When I see Jurgen I will ask him how long we had off.” Klopp’s loaded comments came in response to a question about coping with fatigue. “Play football, recover, train, recover, using every single minute each day,” said Liverpool’s manager whose defending champions have slipped to fourth in the table, with a run of three defeats in the last six Premier League games leaving them seven points behind City.