Guardiola gets spiky over City title rivalry with Liverpool

Published May 8, 2022 12:43 PM

By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola’s team is top of the English Premier League playing a widely admired style of soccer. But that didn’t stop the Manchester City manager claiming Sunday that “everyone in this country supports Liverpool.” He gave the title rivalry a spiky edge after City went three points clear of Liverpool with three games to go by routing Newcastle 5-0. Guardiola accused another reporter of being a Liverpool fan in response to a routine question about the win. City is only a seven-time English champion with five titles coming since 2012 funded by Abu Dhabi investment. Liverpool is a 19-time English champion having won the Premier League in 2020 to end a 30-year title drought.

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