Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has defended Trent Alexander-Arnold’s claims that the team’s trophies “mean more” to their fans than they do for Man City supporters.
Liverpool and Man City go head-to-head in a mouth-watering top of the table clash in the Premier League this weekend.
It will be the last time that Klopp comes up against Pep Guardiola in the Premier League in what is a hugely anticipated match.
Come the final whistle, Arsenal, Man City or Liverpool could all find themselves in first depending on how results go.
Alexander-Arnold fires barb at Man City
Ahead of kick-off, Alexander-Arnold looked to have added some spice to the fixture after he claimed that Liverpool’s trophies meant more to the club’s supporters than Man City’s.
“It’s difficult,” the Liverpool star told FourFourTwo. “You’re up against a machine that’s built to win – that’s the simplest way to describe City and their organisation.
“Looking back on this era, although they’ve won more titles than us and have probably been more successful, our trophies will mean more to us and our fanbase because of the situations at both clubs, financially.
“How both clubs have built their teams and the manner in which we’ve done it probably means more to our fans.”
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Klopp weighs in on controversial Man City trophy comments
Coming to the defence of Alexander-Arnold, who is ruled out of the game against Man City through injury, Klopp insisted that there was “nothing wrong” with the England international’s point of view.
“We have no clue what it means to other people but what happens here means more to us,” he said.
“We had, two years ago, a parade after winning the League Cup and FA Cup, losing a Champions League final the night before, losing the league by a point.
“Tell me a city where you have a parade and it looks like we won all these trophies without having them. The club is special to us. If it is not special to other people, we can’t change that. But if we feel it like, why shouldn’t we be allowed to say it?”
"This means more to us!"Jurgen Klopp fully supports Trent Alexander-Arnold's recent comments on comparing Liverpool's titles to Man City's 🤝 pic.twitter.com/bTKMUoDAfA
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“You love these kinds of interviews where somebody says what he thinks and then the whole world tells you it’s not right what you think,” he added.
“It is still allowed that we think what we want, other people out there think much worse things and we should talk more about that probably. There is nothing wrong with what Trent said from my point of view.”