Bitter rivals Manchester United and Liverpool look set to be Manchester City's two closest challengers for the Premier League title next season, but they are going about clawing their way back to the top in very different ways.

What they have in common is a substandard defence; United have four-time Player of the Year David de Gea to bail them out while Virgil van Dijk has made a major difference at Anfield.

Yet Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho have very different ideas on how to protect their shaky backlines; the German presses the ball to keep it as far away from Liverpool's goal as possible, while the notoriously cautious Mourinho uses a low block and conservative style to keep the goals down.

While United's big game record has improved since the turn of the year, Klopp's blockbuster style has taken Liverpool into the final of the Champions League, where they will face Real Madrid.

It is fair to say that fans of the Red Devils would like to see Mourinho show a bit more of the attacking impetus favoured by Klopp...

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