In-form Manchester Metropolis welcome a resurgent Liverpool staff to the Etihad on Sunday in what guarantees to be an absorbing affair, with only one level and three locations separating the 2 sides within the Premier League.
Metropolis have misplaced simply considered one of their final 13 video games in all competitions, whereas the Reds ended a run of 4 straight league defeats with back-to-back victories over Aston Villa and Actual Madrid final week.
The sport shall be Pep Guardiola’s one thousandth sport in administration, having received 12 league titles in that point with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester Metropolis in addition to three Champions League titles.
And, by his personal admission, the Metropolis boss couldn’t have picked a extra becoming adversary to mark the event.
That run of dismal outcomes have left the champions eight factors adrift of leaders Arsenal, though a win for Arne Slot over Guardiola would lower that deficit to 5.
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Manchester Metropolis staff information
Rayan Cherki, who excelled towards Dortmund in midweek, begins. Matheus Nunes and Nico O’Reilly are once more at full-back in an attacking line-up as Metropolis are unchanged from the staff which beat Bouurnemouth final weekend.
Manchester Metropolis: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nico O’Reilly, Josko Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden, Nico González, Bernardo Silva, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki
Liverpool staff information
Alexander Isak is on the bench for the Reds, whereas there’s one change from the staff which confronted Aston Villa within the Premier League.
Florian Wirtz begins with Cody Gakpo on the bench.
Liverpool: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Conor Bradley, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitiké
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Manchester Metropolis v Liverpool stats
- Liverpool received this precise fixture 2-0 final season however haven’t claimed consecutive away league victories towards Metropolis since a run of three between 1987 and 1991.
- Manchester Metropolis boast a document of profitable 10 of their final 12 Premier League video games towards reigning champions.
- Regardless of ending their current dropping run, Liverpool have misplaced their final three matches away from residence and haven’t misplaced 4 on the bounce on their travels since Kenny Dalglish was supervisor in April 2012.
- Metropolis are the one staff to not rating a Premier League aim through a set piece this season. All 20 of their objectives coming from open play and they’re the primary aspect in Premier League historical past to attain 20 objectives of their first 10 video games with none coming from a set piece.