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Klopp: Liverpool Man City clash 'nice commercial for Premier League football'

Liverpool's enthralling 4-3 win over Manchester City was the best possible advertisement for Premier League football, according to Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.

The game was tied at 1-1 at half-time before Liverpool's nine minute rampage early in the second period saw the hosts pull away.

Pep Guardiola's didn't go down easy however, with two late goals from Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan setting up an intense end to the game.

"If you want, you can see Man City five times a week pretty much," Klopp reflected after the game.

"You watch it, you see it and you know you have to avoid this and deny that.

"OK, it's all possible but it's quite difficult. You need a really good football team to do that and thank God I have one!

"It then makes sense to try it - and they tried really hard today. It was just a joy to watch, how both teams threw everything on the pitch.

"The wind made it sometimes a little bit tricky here and there - the first goal we conceded and the fourth goal they conceded, I think the influence of the wind was quite obvious in these moments.

"But then, both again tried to play football - defended really well without not a lot of half-fouls, a few tacticals, especially from City in the period when we were really on track.

"It's just a nice commercial for Premier League football. The whole world was watching it and if somebody didn't like football until now then probably they would say, 'that's why you watch it all the time'. I am really happy about it."

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