It’s time for the game of the season in the Premier League so far with Manchester City hosting Liverpool in a hugely important top of the table clash.The Reds head into it knowing that a win at the Etihad Stadium will send them ten points clear of City, and move them nine points ahead of second place Tottenham.Liverpool won three of the four matches played between the two sides last season, but they were thrashed 5-0 at the Etihad in the early stages of 2017/18 with City running riot after Sadio Mane’s sending off.3
Team news
Kevin De Bruyne is on the bench for City while Aymeric Laporte fills the problematic left-back spot.Laporte moves from central defence in the absence of the suspended Fabian Delph and injured Benjamin Mendy.Captain Vincent Kompany starts while manager Pep Guardiola prefers Danilo at right-back to Kyle Walker.Sergio Aguero leads an attack featuring David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling.Liverpool have made two changes from the side which thrashed Arsenal 5-1 on Saturday.Fit-again James Milner returns to the team alongside Jordan Henderson, the second change, and Georginio Wijnaldum as manager Jurgen Klopp reverts to 4-3-3. Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri drop to the bench.3Confirmed teams
Manchester City:Ederson, Danilo, Kompany, Stones, Laporte, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, David Silva, Sane, Aguero.Subs: Muric, Walker, Gndogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus.Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.Subs: Mignolet, Fabinho, Keita, Moreno, Sturridge, Lallana, Shaqiri.What the managers are saying
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City): “If we lose, it will be because they’re better and we were poorer than them. But I don’t have the feeling the players don’t have confidence. They know exactly what they have to do.”3Pep Guardiola has challenged Gabriel Jesus to respond to the task of dislodging Sergio Aguero as Manchester City's first-choice striker. It was a mission Jesus revelled in immediately after his
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