With the Reds holding a slender one-point lead over City in the Premier League table, this showdown has assumed monumental significance in the title race.
The fixture between City and Liverpool has evolved into one of the most highly anticipated encounters in football, characterized by its exceptional quality and intensity.
Both teams have consistently amassed points totals exceeding 90 in recent seasons, a testament to the managerial prowess of Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.
While City secured a convincing 6-3 aggregate victory over FC Copenhagen in the Champions League, concerns linger over the fitness of key players like Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku.
“We have a day off today – tomorrow we are training, and we will see how they feel,” he began. We played three days after [the Manchester derby] and we have qualified for the Champions League.”
“Yesterday morning we started to think about Liverpool. If we do something different, I am a genius and if we lose, I am an overthinking person,”
“My process is ‘which players do we have?’ – will Doku be ready and when Jack will be ready? We will know tomorrow – and then we know what we can do.”
“The impact will be the same. The difference sometimes is the quality of the players – the little details… But the main pattern is the same. Make the game quick, contact with runners.