Jurgen Klopp proven wrong after Liverpool claim as striker returns from injury

Here are your Liverpool evening headlines for Thursday, May 5.

Ahead of facing Man City in the Premier League at the start of last month, Jurgen Klopp gave a rather guarded pre-match press conference, unwilling to create any unnecessary headlines.

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But taking issue with one question about Pep Guardiola, the Liverpool boss made his views on the Spaniard clear.

"Pep is the best coach in the world,” the German insisted. “I think we all would agree on that. It might be a coincidence that it didn't work out so far in the Champions League.

“But the things he won, the football he plays. If anyone doubts him, I have no idea how that could happen.”

There is a great respect between Klopp and Guardiola, as there is between Liverpool and Man City as the two north west giants continue their rivalry competing for the highest honours year after year.

Yet when the Spaniard was asked about the praise he’d received from his Reds counterpart, there was one thing noticeably absent from his reply.

Liverpool are back