Guardiola-Klopp rivalry 'has been amazing' for the Premier League - James - video Dailymotion

PL legend David James is sad that 'amazing' rivalry between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp will come to an end

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00:00 There's two things about these two or sorry, there's one thing about both these two, I

00:04 think it's their honesty right from the get go when pep turned up the way that he talked

00:09 about his football and the honesty in how his teams were playing games of football after

00:14 matching win, lose or draw, he would tell people how he felt the performance went. And

00:19 I think that was refreshing because a lot of managers still do avoid the hard questions

00:25 when people talk about performance, whether it was good or bad, honestly responded. I

00:30 think with Jürgen, the honesty just in general, you know, even to the point of him announcing

00:35 he's going to step down as Liverpool manager, I think the way that he comes over, you just

00:39 believe everything he says. And there's nothing to suggest that he's not telling the truth.

00:43 And that's what I love about it. I think what they've done is change the sort of move the

00:48 benchmark for other managers coming in. You know, obviously with Jürgen having to be

00:53 replaced the next season, it'll be interesting what type of manager Liverpool get, because

00:57 I think football wise, you get manager has more influence on the pitch than Jürgen does,

01:02 but off the field, it will be very difficult to replace. And with regards to rivalry, you

01:08 know, I think I reckon they love each other and hate each other at the same time. They're

01:13 so good and they've kept this league so honest. It's been amazing.