This weekend sees Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City for the final time in the Premier League.
Two hugely successful managers but would either have been quite so successful without the other?
And with Klopp about to leave Anfield - and Guardiola's long-term future at the Etihad uncertain..
Which club - Liverpool or City - is better suited to life without its legendary leader?
The Athletic’s Michael Bailey is joined by colleagues Oli Kay, Pol Ballus and our German football writer Raf Honigstein.
Producer Jay Beale
Executive Producer Adey Moorhead
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