In-form Premier League leaders Liverpool are aiming to go 11 points clear of Manchester City when they host the reigning champions in Sunday’s blockbuster clash at Anfield.Arne Slot has enjoyed a remarkably seamless start to life as Jurgen Klopp’s successor, with Liverpool winning 17 out of 19 games in all competitions so far this season to sit six points clear of Arsenal at the summit.
It’s the sort of run Pep Guardiola and his serial winners made a habit of compiling during their rivalry with Klopp’s Liverpool, but an injury-hit City have endured a dismal recent run that leaves their hopes of a record-extending fifth consecutive Premier League crown feeling incredibly remote.A slump of five consecutive losses in all competitions ended in the most dispiriting fashion imaginable in midweek when City let a 3-0 lead slip to a 3-3 draw inside the final 15 minutes of their UEFA Champions League home match against Feyenoord.
Lineups:
Liverpool (4-3-3, right to left): Kelleher (GK) — Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson — Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister — Salah, Gakpo, Diaz
Man City (4-2-3-1, right to left): Ortega (GK) — Walker, Dias, Akanji, Ake — Lewis, Gundogan — Silva, Foden, Nunes — Haaland
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1 hour before kickoff: The Liverpool XI is a lot more settled, looks a lot more expansive and you sense they won’t mind the look of the line-up Guardiola has decided upon. Trent Alexander-Arnold is back in at right-back with Conor Bradley injured, while Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo get the nod over Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez in midfield and attack respectively.
