Pep Guardiola has opened up on his admiration for Jurgen Klopp after the Liverpool manager announced he will stand down from his position at Anfield at the end of the season.
Klopp dropped that bombshell on Friday morning and will see things through to the summer before widespread changes behind the scenes.
Klopp, 56, has won every trophy available to him since Liverpool appointed him in 2015 - following his success at Borussia Dortmund - and the German has proved a worthy adversary for City and Guardiola over the past decade.
Naturally, the treble-winning Catalan will be sorry to see Klopp depart despite the difficulty he has given him during his time in Germany and England Speaking after his side's FA Cup fourth-round tie with Tottenham on Friday night, Guardiola said: "I will sleep better.
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