Liverpool vs Manchester City, Premier League Live Updates: Manchester City take on Liverpool.Liverpool vs Manchester City, Premier League Live: Liverpool’s 27-game unbeaten streak in Anfield is in serious jeopardy as a marauding Manchester City travel to Merseyside on Sunday. In recent years, this clash would make or break either team’s season but this year, there is a 13-point gap between the two teams already. Manchester City have started their campaign like a house on fire and are second in the table while Liverpool are stuttering along with just 2 wins from 8 games, languishing at 11th.
Lineups:
Manchester City: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Haaland, Foden
Liverpool: Alisson; Milner, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson;Β Fabinho,Β Thiago; Elliott, Firmino, Jota; Salah
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Liverpool's Darwin Nunez, right, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the FA Community Shield soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester City at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
After a lively start City starting to settle into steady possession. No chances so far for either side. Anfield will start getting restless pretty soon.
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Foden finds Haaland near te edge of the box as the Norwegian tries to turn and shoot. Out comes Jota with a great tackle to deny the behemoth.
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Liverpool on the front foot here as a corner is defended but they win a free kick near the City box. Flaoted inside by Thiago and City hooves it away.
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Milner is playing right-back for Liverpool. City have Nathan Ake at left-back and Joao Cancelo on the right. Looks like they have opted to play with a back 3.
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Just moments away as the players stand in unision for the national anthem. Cracking atmosphere. This one is going to be a match for the ages!! Let's go!!!
It's ther clash of the two behemoths as Virgil Van Djik will hope to stop Erling Haaland from scoring. How will the clash of the titans pan out tonight?
We are just moments away from kick off as Anfield waits with bated breaths for a cracker of a contest. Before that, here's a closer look at the starting lineups of both sides.
Manchester City: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Haaland, Foden
Liverpool: Alisson; Milner, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Thiago; Elliott, Firmino, Jota; Salah
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Short answer: they can’t, not in the goalscoring form he is in right now. The Norwegian, already touted as the most potent young striker in the world when City signed him, has undoubtedly become one of the most feared goalscoring threats in Europe. By October, he has scored 20 goals in all competitions.
Liverpool’s pattern of conceding the first goal of the game can be traced back to the final stages of last season, they have conceded first in 14 of their last 19 games in all competitions now. This season, however, that stat has been cause for higher concern.
City have shown a knack for frantic starts and early goals, overloading oppositions with a high-press and pinpoint passing of Kevin De Bruyne and Joao Cancelo. They have only failed to score in the first half twice this season, and scored their opener before the 20th minute in four of their last six.
The last time these two met, Liverpool walked away the victors in the Community Shield with Darwin Nunez finding the net. A lot of time has passed since then as Nunez finds himself on the bench tonight.