Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits Pep Guardiola is right when the Manchester City manager says they've pushed eachother to "insane levels".
Guardiola called the Reds "the toughest opponent" he has ever faced when speaking after his team's 4-1 humiliation of neighbours United on Sunday.
City and Liverpool have been the dominant forces in the Premier League for the past four years and are again tussling for the title with the Reds six points behind with a game in hand.
Told of Guardiola's comments, Klopp said: “Yeah, but I can give that back easily!
"I could say City are the toughest opponent I have ever had but I should not forget I faced him already at Bayern so I can't say it was much easier.
“But I know what he means. We pushed each other on to insane levels the last few years. Of course we couldn't cope with it last year for obvious reasons, but for other years we were really around.
“I don't think City would get the amount of points they would get this year if we weren't around, and the other way around pretty much the same.
“It's good. But there a lot of games to play and we will see where we end up."