In-form Erling Haaland is expected to replicate his superb run of form in Liverpool Vs Manchester City Sunday, October 16 Classic Premier League Heavy-weight Clash.
Jurgen Klopp’s inconsistent Liverpool FC is fighting not just for bragging rights but three crucial points when they face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City now 13 points ahead of them in second place on the log.
A herculean task stands in Liverpool’s way if they hope to break into the top four and possibly stand a chance at winning the EPL title.
In recent seasons Liverpool has been City’s main title rival and they will be hosting Pep’s med on their home turf, Anfield. As has become the norm, this season’s Liverpool Vs Manchester City match is perfectly staged to be a Premier League Blockbuster. Manchester City is in the second position on the Premier League table with rivals Liverpool in tenth.
Liverpool FC comes into this fixture on the back of an emphatic 1-7 away win against Rangers in the Champions League midweek. They will be hoping the Egyptian maestro, Mohammed Salah, does his magic once again having bagged a hat-trick in less than 10 minutes off the bench.
Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola benched main man Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva, and Phil Foden in the midweek UEFA Champions League fixture raising concern over fatigue.
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Liverpool FC
Predicted Lineup: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Firmino, Jota
Unavailable: Matip (Injured), Alexander-Arnold (Injured), Keita (Injured), Melo (Injured), Diaz (Injured)
Questionable: Jones (Injured), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Injured)
Manchester City
Predicted Lineup: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Ake, Gomez, Rodri, Bernardo, Foden, De Bruyne, Grealish, Haaland
Unavailable: Stones (Injured), Walker (Injured), Phillips (Injured)
Head to Head
Dating back to August 2020, Liverpool has met Manchester City six times in the Premier League winning twice. Rivals Man City have only won one game drawing three times with the Reds. A total of 24 goals have been scored in this period raising anticipation for an all-out attack fixture with plenty of action. The average is four goals in every meeting.
Prediction
There’s always something special about Liverpool playing at Anfield. They almost always win. However, their recent form compared to Rivals Man City highly suggests a disappointing result for the Anfield faithful.
Final score: Liverpool FC (1)-(2) Manchester City
