Pep Guardiola has told his Manchester City stars to save any knockout blows for the Anfield pitch after a war of words between Erling Haaland and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The Liverpool defender claimed that silverware ‘means more’ than it does to City, with Haaland and then Ruben Dias hitting back ahead of Sunday's titanic title clash.
Guardiola – who doesn’t believe Klopp’s summer departure will have a bearing on Liverpool’s ability to challenge for trophies – insisted the best response to that is to perform on Merseyside.