Jurgen Klopp becomes first boss to beat Pep Guardiola on six different occasions
Liverpool's emphatic 4-3 victory over Manchester City at Anfield was a personal milestone for the German boss
JURGEN KLOPP became the first manager to beat Pep Guardiola on six different occasions after Liverpool's emphatic win.
The Reds clung on to inflict Manchester City's first defeat of the season in a 4-3 thriller at Anfield.
Not only did Liverpool send a statement to the rest of the Premier League, boss Klopp is celebrating his own success in the victory.
No other manager in Europe has beaten the ex-Barca boss six times which started when the pair were managing in the Bundesliga.
2013/14 - Borussia Dortmund 4 Bayern Munich 2
Klopp emerged victorious in their first meeting when the two sides met in the German Super Cup.
The clash was Guardiola's competitive debut with Bayern Munich and Klopp dished out on eye-opening performance.
Ilkay Gundogan, who scored for Manchester City against Liverpool under Guardiola, got himself on the scoresheet to sink the current German champions.
2013/14 - Bayern Munich 0 Borussia Dortmund 3
Klopp's side stunned the champions at the Allianz Arena when Dortmund rolled into town.
Current Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring before Marco Reus doubled their advantage.
Jonas Hofmann when sealed the win to inflict Bayern's first home defeat in the league since October 2012.
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2014/15 - Borussia Dortmund 2 Bayern Munich 0
Again Klopp masterminded a win in the first meeting of the season in the German Super Cup.
Mkhitaryan was on the scoresheet again while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bagged the second.
2014/15 - Bayern Munich 1 Borussia Dortmund 1 (0-2 pens)
In the German semi-finals, it was Klopp's side who progressed but it needed a penalty shootout.
Former Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring but Aubameyang equalised with 15 minutes left to play.
Gundogan and Kehl settled matters from the spot.
2015/16 - Liverpool 1 Manchester City 0
In their first Premier League meeting, Klopp was celebrating at the full-time whistle when Georginio Wijnaldum scored an eighth minute header.
It lifted the Reds into second place and seriously dented City's own title bid.
