Is Jurgen Klopp better than Pep Guardiola? Liverpool boss betters his Man City counterpart on this SURPRISING record

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola share six Premier League trophies between them, with the Spaniard winning five of them!

Is Jurgen Klopp better than Pep Guardiola? Liverpool boss betters his Man City counterpart on this SURPRISING record

Jurgen Klopp has given 45 EPL debuts in the last 8 years, more than Pep Guardiola. (Image via Al Jazeera and Sky Sports)

There has been a long-standing debate among football fans all around the world over who is a better EPL manager, between Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola. New statistics suggest that the German holds a slight advantage.

Premier League’s official social media account shared a recent post, which featured an interesting record made by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. The former Dortmund boss had surprisingly given 45 Premier League debuts to players since his first Liverpool match in October 2015. In his eight-and-a-half-year stint at Anfield, he signed 37 new players and also provided an opportunity for young academy talents to flourish in the team.

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This recent statistic places Klopp ahead of his Manchester City counterpart, Pep Guardiola. Despite making approximately 52 signings during his eight-year tenure, Guardiola provided fewer EPL debuts to new players. Klopp’s era at Liverpool witnessed the emergence of a new generation of Premier League stars, including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konate, Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, and Dominik Szoboszlai.

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This amazing statistic also put Jurgen Klopp ahead of any other manager of the current era, including Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Chelsea’s Mauricio Pochettino. The German manager’s records at Liverpool are unparalleled, making him one of the greatest managers of the Reds.

Jurgen Klopp vs Pep Guardiola – Head to Head records

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have been the most decorated Premier League managers of the last decade. The two managers defined an era of the Bundesliga too, during their time in charge of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, respectively.

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Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two most decorated managers in the PL, currently. (Image via TalkSport)

The two managers have played each other 29 times, out of which Klopp has emerged victorious 12 times, while Guardiola has won 11 matches. Six matches ended in a draw. The first meeting between the two managers came in 2013 as Dortmund beat Bayern in the DFL Super Cup. They last faced each other in November 2023 in the EPL, which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Pep Guardiola often registered bigger victories against his rival, Klopp. City has beaten Liverpool 5-0, 4-0, and 4-1 twice. When it comes to goals, Guardiola’s side has scored 54 goals against Klopp’s side, which has scored 50 goals.

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