Liverpool perfect opponents for 1,000th game - Pep

Pep Guardiola takes charge of his 1,000th game as a manager when his Manchester City team face Liverpool today and he says he could not wish for a better fixture to mark the milestone.

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TOP-NOTCH COACH: Man City manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the match against Liverpool last season.

(PHOTO: REUTERS)

“Liverpool have been the biggest rival in this country and it could not be better, to be honest,’ Guardiola told reporters on Friday. “I think we pushed Liverpool to be better and Liverpool pushed us to be better. That's for sure.

“If I had to choose one rival for this personal milestone, that would be the best.”

Guardiola’s City were involved in two titanic title battles with Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool in 2018-19 and 2021-22 — both times City prevailing by a single point.