Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Liverpool remain their toughest opponent this season.
Guardiola was speaking after comfortably beating Manchester United in the Premier League.
Comparing the differing approaches of Liverpool and City after the derby win, Etihad boss Guardiola said: "I know my admiration for Liverpool and the work of Jurgen. It's the toughest opponent. Still they're there after six or seven years.
"The first seasons they struggled a little bit to put the team there, but they settled the team and bought the right players that they needed.
"Liverpool is there, but we play a different way because I am from Catalonia and he [Klopp] is from Germany. Maybe our mentality as coaches is a different concept.
"Both Liverpool and City were in control of the Premier League in the last years. It doesn't matter where we are, it doesn't matter where we play, we go there to do our game. After the quality, the players do the rest.
"Liverpool play a false nine with [Roberto] Firmino and we play that with Bernardo [Silva]. The difference is that the wingers they [Liverpool] have play more central and our wingers play wide. Nobody can deny that both teams, it doesn't matter if in England or in Europe, go there and try to do the game.
"Today we came to Old Trafford, to our rivals of the city, and we said 'okay, we will come here and do our game'. This game is quite similar to how we have played in previous seasons: we control and wait for the action."
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