Editing Manchester City F.C. (section)

==Rivalries==
{{main|Manchester derby|Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry}}
[[File:Manchester United v Manchester City, 6 November 2021 (15).jpg|thumb|right|290px|The Manchester derby in the [[2021–22 Premier League|Premier League]], 6 November 2021]]
Manchester City's biggest rivalry is with neighbours [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], against whom they contest the [[Manchester derby]]. Before the [[World War II|Second World War]], when travel to away games was rare, many Mancunian football fans regularly watched both teams even if considering themselves "supporters" of only one. This practice continued into the early 1960s but as travel became easier, and the cost of entry to matches rose, watching both teams became unusual and the rivalry intensified. A common stereotype is that City fans come from Manchester proper, while United fans come from elsewhere. A 2002 report by a researcher at [[Manchester Metropolitan University]] found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season ticket holders came from Manchester [[postcode]] areas (40% compared to United's 29%), there were more United season ticket holders, the lower percentage being due to United's higher overall number of season ticket holders (27,667 compared to City's 16,481). The report noted that since the compiling of data in 2001, the number of both City and United season ticket holders had risen; expansion of United's ground and City's move to the City of Manchester Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.<ref>{{cite web|title=Do You Come From Manchester? |work=Manchester Metropolitan University study |url=http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/bitstream/2173/12506/1/seasonticketreport%20-%20brown1.pdf |access-date=9 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227194327/http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/bitstream/2173/12506/1/seasonticketreport%20-%20brown1.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008 }}</ref>

Over the last few years, Manchester City has also developed a [[Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry|notable rivalry]] with [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballfancast.com/premier-league/eleven-moments-that-made-liverpool-manchester-city-the-biggest-rivalry-in-english-football|title=Eleven moments that made Liverpool-Manchester City the biggest rivalry in English football|date=6 October 2018|author=Malyan, Christy|publisher=Football Fancast|website=footballfancast.com|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007144104/https://www.footballfancast.com/premier-league/eleven-moments-that-made-liverpool-manchester-city-the-biggest-rivalry-in-english-football|url-status=live}}</ref> currently considered one of the biggest in association football.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liverpool v Man City is now the league's biggest rivalry and the bitterness is growing {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/liverpool-v-man-city-is-now-the-leagues-biggest-rivalry-and/sq7ao88pw6yy1fofai2t2eo0m|access-date=3 December 2020|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217103150/https://www.goal.com/en/news/liverpool-v-man-city-is-now-the-leagues-biggest-rivalry-and/sq7ao88pw6yy1fofai2t2eo0m|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Like going into the Colosseum' - How Liverpool v Man City became the Premier League's biggest rivalry {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/like-going-into-the-colosseum-how-liverpool-v-man-city/fth8z4klovzf108nbtwo9hemz|access-date=3 December 2020|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107134210/https://www.goal.com/en/news/like-going-into-the-colosseum-how-liverpool-v-man-city/fth8z4klovzf108nbtwo9hemz|url-status=live}}</ref> Though the two clubs had been involved in a title race in the [[1976–77 Football League First Division|1976–77 season]], Liverpool and City's modern rivalry began in the 2010s, with the Blues beating Liverpool to the [[2013–14 Premier League|2013–14 title]] by just two points on the final day of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2013/14 Season Review: Man City deny Liverpool|url=http://www.premierleague.com/news/59027|access-date=24 October 2020|website=www.premierleague.com|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124124507/https://www.premierleague.com/news/59027|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2016 Football League Cup final|final]] of the [[2015–16 Football League Cup|2015–16 League Cup]], City defeated Liverpool on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]] after a 1–1 draw. The two clubs met in European competition for the first time in the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|2017–18 Champions League]] quarter-finals, where Liverpool won [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase#Liverpool v Manchester City|5–1 on aggregate]], ultimately reaching the [[2018 UEFA Champions League final|final]] and then [[2018–19 UEFA Champions League|winning the competition]] a year later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Manchester%20City/|title=Liverpool vs Manchester City fixture record|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409233410/https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Manchester%20City/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league/manchester-city-vs-liverpool-pep-guardiola-leroy-sane-goal-disallowed-was-offside-143193|title=Was Leroy Sane offside against Liverpool? The disallowed goal explained|date=11 April 2018|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409233151/https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league/manchester-city-vs-liverpool-pep-guardiola-leroy-sane-goal-disallowed-was-offside-143193|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2018–19 Premier League|2018–19 season]], City again won the title on the final day, with the Blues' 98 points and Liverpool's 97 being the third- and fourth-highest Premier League points totals ever.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Man City come from behind at Brighton to clinch title|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48165997|date=12 May 2019|access-date=24 October 2020|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305123923/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48165997|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2019–20 Premier League|following season]], Liverpool clinched the title, recording 99 points (the second-highest Premier League total ever after Manchester City's 100 in [[2017–18 Premier League|2017–18]]) to finish 18 points above runners-up City. The Blues then regained the title in [[2020–21 Premier League|2020–21]] and outgunned Liverpool in another closely-fought title race in [[2021–22 Premier League|2021–22]], to finish with 93 points to Liverpool's 92.

The success of the two teams in the 2010s and 2020s has led to the development of a rivalry between [[Jürgen Klopp]] and [[Pep Guardiola]], the managers of Liverpool and Manchester City, with the two previously having been the respective managers of ''[[Der Klassiker]]'' rivals [[Borussia Dortmund]] and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the [[Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/30/pep-guardiola-learned-from-jurgen-klopp-praise-attacking|title=Pep Guardiola says he learned from Jürgen Klopp and praises attacking style|last=Wilson|first=Paul|date=30 December 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003063526/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/30/pep-guardiola-learned-from-jurgen-klopp-praise-attacking|url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of the 2018–19 season, Guardiola described his relationship with Klopp as a "beautiful rivalry" and called Klopp's Liverpool team "the strongest opponents I have faced in my career as a manager".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3906921/will-guardiola-vs-klopp-be-the-next-great-premier-league-rivalry|title=Will Guardiola vs. Klopp be the next great Premier League rivalry?|date=2 August 2019|website=ESPN.com|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=5 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805010021/https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3906921/will-guardiola-vs-klopp-be-the-next-great-premier-league-rivalry|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.givemesport.com/1506873-pep-guardiola-says-liverpool-are-the-strongest-opponents-hes-ever-faced-as-a-manager|title=Pep Guardiola says Liverpool are the strongest opponents he's ever faced|date=20 September 2019|website=GiveMeSport|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926205723/https://www.givemesport.com/1506873-pep-guardiola-says-liverpool-are-the-strongest-opponents-hes-ever-faced-as-a-manager|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2019, Klopp hailed Guardiola for being his 'greatest rival ever', after both were nominated for the [[The Best FIFA Football Coach|FIFA Men's Coach of the Year]] award in 2019, which Klopp ultimately won.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-boss-jurgen-klopp-hails-16987447|title=Klopp hails 'exceptional' Guardiola as his greatest ever rival|last=Gorst|first=Paul|date=26 September 2019|website=Liverpool Echo|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002061705/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-boss-jurgen-klopp-hails-16987447|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talksport.com/football/605724/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-manchester-city-pep-guardiola/|title=Ex-Man City star questions why Klopp was named Coach of the Year over Guardiola|date=24 September 2019|website=talkSPORT|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926205721/https://talksport.com/football/605724/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-manchester-city-pep-guardiola/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2019 survey, City fans answered that Liverpool, and not Manchester United, are the club's biggest rivals.<ref>{{cite web|date=27 August 2019|title=The top five rivals of English football's top 92 clubs have been revealed|url=https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|access-date=4 December 2020|website=GiveMeSport|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929205049/https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref>

Manchester City also have long established local rivalries with [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], and [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]], and more recent competitive Premier League rivalries with [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rivalry Uncovered!|url=http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074918/http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf|archive-date=20 October 2013|access-date=3 December 2020|website=The Football Fans Census}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dubas-Fisher|first1=David|last2=Bray|first2=Joe|date=11 August 2019|title=Man City fans choose main rival between Liverpool and Man Utd|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-united-liverpool-rivals-16727351|access-date=3 December 2020|website=Manchester Evening News|language=en|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001003603/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-united-liverpool-rivals-16727351|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Magee |first1=Will |title=The Monied Modern Rivalry Between Arsenal and Manchester City |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-monied-modern-rivalry-between-arsenal-and-manchester-city/ |website=Vice |date=16 December 2016 |access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>