Premier League: Liverpool vs Man Utd: Mourinho plays down fixture, Klopp says he’s best man for Anfield job

Jurgen Klopp can boast what few top managers can when his Liverpool side take on Manchester United on Saturday – a winning record over Jose Mourinho.

Apart from Pep Guardiola, who has won eight and lost four of his meetings with Mourinho during spells with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now Manchester City, Mourinho has more often than not proved a thorn in the side of most of his rivals.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger took 13 years to finally enjoy a Premier League win over the Portuguese, at the 13th attempt. The uber-confident Klopp, however, will suffer no such inferiority complex.

Klopp’s place at Anfield has come under scruitiny of late. The German, however, believes he’s Liverpool’s best bet at the moment. “If I was to come in today as a new manager – this would be the situation – and everyone would give me time now to do the next step, that would be perfect,” Klopp was quoted as saying in a report by Goal.com.

“Unfortunately, if they sack me now, I don’t think there are a lot of managers who would do the job better than I do. I don’t think I’m perfect, but it’s quite difficult to find better options,” he added.

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