Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he's excited ahead of Sunday's clash with Manchester City.
The Reds go into the game on the back of a 7-1 Champions League win Ibrox.
Klopp said, "Look, when you play City, results left and right are not really important because this game requires all your focus, requires all the things you know about football. It's everything. I said it a couple of times, I enjoy preparing the game really but it's anyway the biggest challenge you can face in football. Football is all about closing down spaces, closing down players, having challenges in the right areas, these kind of things.
"And with City, it's always if you close them down here, then they are there and if you close that gap, you open up that gap – because the pitch is so big and we only have 10 players to close all the gap. So, always a challenge.
"What I want to say with that, it's not that we now feel different or whatever. It's a home game, it's Anfield, it's us against Man City. Yes, they are in the moment, definitely, the best football team in the world, that's how it is, but we will give it a try anyway, knowing there are no guarantees. But we know we get help from a full Anfield and we try to use that."
On facing Guardiola, Klopp continued: "It's not that I don't enjoy playing other games, but this is just a different challenge because they are good everywhere, so that's how it is. There are no weak points where you say, 'OK, we can do that and they might struggle here or here.' There's not a lot, to be honest, but that's why they are the team they are. No, it's a job to do, that's what we do. Yes, we know obviously we have a couple of good results against them – not enough for winning the title more often – but most of the games we were really in the game and that was always very important.
"First and foremost, you have to be in the game, you need to have your own moments. There are moments where you have to suffer – it's always the case – where they make you run but there are other moments where you have to be dominant as well and that's what we will try. Find the right balance for these moments is the challenge."