Jurgen Klopp says he would watch Liverpool take on Manchester City "wherever I am on the planet" as he prepares his team for Saturday's eagerly anticipated Premier League summit meeting.
Dominant City have won the title in five of the past six seasons, with Liverpool the only team to break that run in 2020. Since Pep Guardiola's arrival as City boss in 2016, the two sides have played 14 league matches, with City winning five and Liverpool triumphing four times.
This season, Guardiola's treble winners lead the way again, on 28 points after 12 games, with Liverpool a single point behind, setting the stage for a titanic showdown at the Etihad Stadium. "It is not a test (on) how close can we get to City, it is just a really super-exciting football game," Liverpool boss Klopp told reporters on Friday. "I would watch wherever I am on the planet because why wouldn't you watch this game?
It's like everything there you need. "But for us it is not about that kind of excitement. We have to prepare for it properly and we know we have to be at our best to get a chance.