DIETMAR HAMMAN: City's players wouldn't run at a brick wall for Pep

You can’t question the pedigree of the two great rival managers calling the shots at the Etihad Stadium but I firmly believe that, in terms of achievements, Jurgen Klopp has got an edge over Pep Guardiola.

What these two fine coaches and fierce rivals have done over the last few years is incredible and whoever comes out on top on Sunday afternoon, that won’t change.

When Klopp arrived at Anfield in 2015 and Guardiola at City a year later, the Premier League was hugely competitive and hard to win. In just a few years they have turned it into a two-horse race. I simply wouldn’t have thought it was possible for two teams to dominate the Premier League in the way they have.

So is this the Fergie-Wenger rivalry of the modern generation? Well, it used to get a bit more verbal between those two, but in terms of pedigree it’s definitely a fair comparison. But there are three current managers who I regard as more successful than Guardiola and I still don’t really get the hype that surrounds him.

Jose Mourinho has won league titles in four different countries and the Champions League with two clubs, while Carlo Ancelotti’s record is second to none and about to get better if Real Madrid can win La Liga.

And the third manager? For me, it’s Jurgen Klopp. What he has achieved on the budgets he has at Liverpool is remarkable. He is a truly exceptional manager. His great skill is in integrating players which is a talent Guardiola doesn’t possess in quite the same way.

When Klopp signed Diogo Jota last season everyone questioned whether he would get anywhere near the team, but he was immediately involved. It’s been exactly the same with Luis Diaz.

In fact, compare the case of Diaz to Jack Grealish and it goes some way to showing the