Klopp relishes big Liverpool-City draw
Manchester City will not relish tackling Liverpool for a place in the Champions League semi-finals, says Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.
The Premier League duo were the last pair out in yesterday’s quarter-final draw in Nyon, with the first leg at Anfield on April 4.
The two clubs have met twice this season, with a win apiece. Liverpool inflicted leaders City’s only Premier League defeat so far.
City director of football Txiki Begiristain admitted the tie was “a very difficult one”.
Klopp, meanwhile, said: “I think it is an absolute dream draw – for all Manchester United fans. I really don’t mind.
“I knew it would be difficult and that is difficult. The good news is, for Manchester City it will be difficult as well.
“I saw Txiki Begiristain’s face after the draw – and it didn’t look like it was Christmas and Easter on the same day.” Begiristain hinted an all-English tie had taken the shine off City’s draw. “We like to travel and to go to another country in the Champions League but it is what it is,” Begiristain said. “We know each other very well, they are a very offensive team, the truth is it is going to be a great couple of games and we are going to see good football.
“You have to be right, in the Champions League there is no time for mistakes, everything has to work, you have to be almost perfect in both games.”
Arsenal face Russians CSKA Moscow in the Europa League’s last eight.