Pep Guardiola has insisted Liverpool shouldn't use excuses in their struggle to retain the Premier League title as tensions rise ahead of Sunday's clash of the titans at Anfield.
The Manchester City boss has been angered by Jurgen Klopp's claim that City have benefitted from a break when their fixture against Everton was postponed due to Covid.
And he can't understand why Liverpool's current injury crisis has been treated more sympathetically than when City were struck down earlier in the season.
Pep Guardiola (right) claims Jurgen Klopp's (left) Liverpool should not use 'excuses' in title bid
Liverpool had to sign two centre-halves on deadline day because Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip are out for the season but Guardiola doesn't remember much slack being given to City when they went to Chelsea at the start of the year with only 14 fit senior players.