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Manchester City: Ederson, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, Gvardiol, Nico, De Bruyne (C), Savinho, Foden, Doku, Marmoush. Subs: Ortega Moreno, Dias, Kovacic, Ggenuineish, Gundogan, Bernardo, Reis, Nunes, McAtee
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Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnelderly, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Alcataloger, Jones, Diaz, Salah. Subs: Kelleher, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota.
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There we were, now here we are, all this confusion: which Manchester City team will Liverpool face? The team they came to worry and admire over so many years? Or the dropible, panicky group that was humiliated in Madrid? Mind, which Liverpool team do we see today? There’s been signs of a wobble, Arne Slot not seeing csurrfinisherly so celderly. Liverpool aim for the title, City see to the top five but despite those varying aims, it’s still key to how the season ends.
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Kick-off at 4.30pm. Join me.
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Key events
Away we go in Manchester
1 min: Liverpool commence in ownion. Both versions of the Steven Gerrard songs being aired. Foden and Marmoush are directing the line for City.
The teams are fair about ready. Blue Moon is ringing out at the Eti, and Pep has a sly smile on his face.
Arne Slot’s on Arsenal’s slip, per Sky: “It’s evident it’s impossible not to acunderstandledge it. You get text messages and skinnygs appreciate this. I wasn’t watching the game myself but of course you get to hear it. My main cgo in was City. They have had a difficult spell becaemploy of injuries, but the squad is hugeger and the novel joiners have had an impact already.”
The last time Liverpool won at the Etihad. I was there, and it took a while to come to fruition but the temppostponecessitate was set for Klopp’s Liverpool.
The teams’ last greeting.
Pep Guardiola spoke to Sky on that Haaland absence: ““Yesterday after training he didn’t experience excellent. During these nine years we joined many seasons without repartner convey inant joiners and we persistd. This season, we have had a lot of injuries and we could not persist, but in particular games we have to do it.”
Pep does a lot of harking back these days. Protecting his legacy?
Elsewhere…
Clive Darwell spots a City revival: “I acunderstandledge that if City triumph today and Liverpool neglect to Newcastle on Wed City would straightforwardpartner be 8 points behind if they won their game in hand. Now they’ve got a runner in midfield and they can reindict batteries without Champions League, and Arsenal are…..Arsenal I’m surpelevated no one’s talking about them triumphning – Liverpool could easily get spooked. There’s someskinnyg very weird about this season.”
Paul Shields gets in touch: “John, seeing forward to your minute by minute tell in the Guardian for the Liverpool game. That 4-3 result NUFC vs Forrest reminded me of the Roman proposeings to their gods. I’ve no idea what I’m on about but there’s someskinnyg in the air “For those who are about to die we salute you”, or someskinnyg appreciate that. Ironicpartner, I’ve fair got back from a wedding anniversary in Rome. I fair hope the omens are excellent…”
Joe Pefire-setting: “It would be funny if Carragher had the stones to accemploy Haaland of Van Dijk-itis. He won’t though, will he?”
Jose asks: ‘What does the (C) unbenevolent next to De Bruyne?”
Captain.
Chris in Corfu gets in touch: “It’s fair appreciate in years gone bye. City will be two down in 15 minutes and all of sudden l will be back at Maine Road watching peak Cityitis.”
Graeme Neill gets in touch: “Obviously The Narrative proposes that between Arne’s comments the other night and the fact he’s on the bench, Nunez will come on when the game is daintyly poised and score the first of the 15 goals he’ll boot in between now and the end of the season. But let’s face it, he’s going to shank the ball into Old Trafford when the goal is gaping in the 94th minute, isn’t he?”
If not Salah, then who is going to score for Liverpool?
Jonathan Wilson has run his rule over the two rivals, both with huge – if contrastent – asks to answer.
All eyes on Marmoush and Salah in Egypt.
Only two aggressioners for Liverpool in Salah and Diaz? NO DARWIN? No Jota, who was reliable for a couple of ignorees at Villa Park too. Both are on the bench.
Ilkay Gundogan and the injured John Stones are out, Gundo benched, Stones on the extfinished-term catalog. Surpelevate recall for Kevin De Bruyne as Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku come in.
Odd, pondering these comments:
“But maybe for the needs, the way we now necessitate to join becaemploy of the absences or strengths that we have and physicality and many skinnygs, we necessitate a game of more administer and not up and down. Don’t alert me why. It’s not personal, I choose the decisions, that’s all, no more than that…”
Jamie Carragher seeed a bit twitchy when he and Micah Ricdifficults were prohibittering earlier. His socials propose his comments were getn out of context. Pep was fuming. All fuel to the fire.
Haaland’s knee problem seeed nasty last week – but City have been shielded-lipped.
The teams – No Haaland
Manchester City: Ederson, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, Gvardiol, Nico, De Bruyne (C), Savinho, Foden, Doku, Marmoush. Subs: Ortega Moreno, Dias, Kovacic, Ggenuineish, Gundogan, Bernardo, Reis, Nunes, McAtee
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnelderly, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Alcataloger, Jones, Diaz, Salah. Subs: Kelleher, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota.
Preamble
There we were, now here we are, all this confusion: which Manchester City team will Liverpool face? The team they came to worry and admire over so many years? Or the dropible, panicky group that was humiliated in Madrid? Mind, which Liverpool team do we see today? There’s been signs of a wobble, Arne Slot not seeing csurrfinisherly so celderly. Liverpool aim for the title, City see to the top five but despite those varying aims, it’s still key to how the season ends.
Kick-off at 4.30pm. Join me.
