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Jurgen Klopp claims 'it will be unbelievably difficult' to beat Manchester City in Champions League

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists Manchester City are favourites to progress to the Champions League semi-finals - at his own team's expense.

On Wednesday the Reds host City at Anfield in the first leg of their quarter-final, resuming a rivalry between two of English football's most entertaining teams.

Liverpool lost 5-0 at the Etihad in September, after Sadio Mane was sent off, and then inflicted what has so far been City's only Premier League defeat of the season, January's 4-3 victory at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp insists it will be very difficult for Liverpool to progress in the Champions League
Jurgen Klopp insists it will be very difficult for Liverpool to progress in the Champions League

They have been similarly prolific in European competition, but while Klopp's team are widely considered to be a significant threat to City, the German recognises the size of the task they face.