Pep Guardiola has admitted to taking inspiration and learning a lot by watching Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side.
The German has been the biggest competition Guardiola has ever had to face while being in charge at Manchester City and the two sides have rewritten history in terms of what it takes to win a Premier League title.
Liverpool are well off the pace this campaign, but Guardiola's battles with Klopp's side have forced him to change parts of his blueprint at City.
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Speaking ahead of the tricky FA Cup fourth round tie his side face against Arsenal on Friday night, the Spaniard detailed just how much he has analysed Liverpool.
“I learned a lot watching by Liverpool,” said the Man City boss. “It’s the team I watched the most, for obvious reasons, because they were our biggest rival in the last years, and they’re going to come back sooner or later, knowing the club, and the manager, and of course, players they have.
“I tried to copy some things, if I feel it. If I like it, feel it, can adapt with the players I have. Not because they have success, that means I’m going to copy and paste. No, no, no!”
Klopp and Guardiola have faced each other 27 times with the Reds boss recording 12 wins to the Spaniard's 10. There have been five stalemates.
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