Liverpool v Manchester City ‘greatest’ rivalry in ‘English football history’ - Jamie Carragher

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has stoked the fire ahead of Sunday’s crucial Premier League game with Manchester City — and irked plenty of football fans in the process — by declaring the match-up as the greatest rivalry in the history of English football. The former defender says trying to compare it to the battles between Manchester United and Arsenal in the late 1990s and early 2000s “run out of steam” because it did not extend to the Champions League — with both Liverpool and City on course to face each other in this year’s final. Ad/> A winner on Sunday would be top of the table with seven games to play, while a draw would keep City ahead by just one point.

Premier LeagueTitle would not be ‘done and dusted’ if Liverpool beat Man City — KloppAN HOUR AGO Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Carragher also dismissed the historic rivalry between Liverpool and United, as well as his old club’s match-ups with Nottingham Forest in the 1970s. The statement has been jokingly agreed to by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, as when he was asked who made the comment — to the reply that it was Carragher — he said “then yes”, before declining to take a proper view. “Liverpool versus Manchester City has become the greatest, most intense and highest quality rivalry in English football history,” said Carragher.

“There is a uniqueness to it. This is the first time the two best teams in England are the two best teams in the world, led by the two greatest coaches of their generation. “I can hear the dissent from Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea fans as I argue this.