Premier League: Battles on display when Liverpool welcome Chelsea to Anfield

Romelu Lukaku of Manchester United and Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
Romelu Lukaku of Manchester United and Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) /
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Thomas Tuchel, Manager of Chelsea and Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool
Thomas Tuchel, Manager of Chelsea and Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /

Jurgen Klopp vs Thomas Tuchel; the pair of Germans have imposed their style of football on the English game like it’s nobody’s business.

Last year when the pair met, Klopp had a second-strength backline and suffered defeat to Tuchel in a 0-1 ball game at the same venue – Anfield will not be as welcoming later today – the roaring crowd is back!

Jurgen Klopp’s numbers in the EPL

  • 222 Matches
  • 140 wins
  • 50 Draws
  • 32 Losses

Thomas Tuchel had a hand in the Reds poorest run under Klopp and in the club’s history; his Chelsea side were the fifth team to beat them at home in a six-game losing streak on home soil. But now things are a lot different and no season is like the last.

Thomas Tuchel’s numbers in the EPL

  • 222 Matches
  • 140 wins
  • 50 Draws
  • 32 Losses

This is Tuchel’s first full EPL campaign in charge and we know the English top-flight comes with its demands and this Liverpool gauntlet in front of a full capacity Anfield crowd, is one he has come across on the European stage and with PSG but not with Chelsea and in the Premier League.

Record against each other

  • Klopp – 9 Wins
  • Tuchel – 3 Wins
  • Points shared – 3 Draws

Klopp has been the supreme figure of the two German managers and has 9 wins from the 15 meetings between the two men. However, Tuchel has won the last three of their encounters against each other, two with PSG and once with Chelsea.