Man City will host Liverpool in the great battle in the 29th round of the English Premier League.
If choosing a combined lineup from the best stars of the two sides, which names will be honored to participate?
Man City is under pressure to b/e/a/t Liverpool at Etihad home in a nail game in the 29th round of the English Premier League to narrow the gap with the top team Arsenal to 5 points before the “Gunners” welcome Leeds United at the Emirates “Fortress”.
On the other side of the front line, “The Kop” also needs 3 points to break the circuit of 2 consecutive games without winning in all competitions and close the gap of 7 points with the fourth-placed team Tottenham Hotspur.
Recently, Sportmail newspaper selected 11 names for the squad that combines the best current stars of Man City and Liverpool.
This particular formation follows a 4-3-3 attack pattern. In particular, defending the goal is Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, although compatriot Ederson Moraes on the Man City side also plays very well. Being able to play for Brazil in the recent national team gathering is probably the reason why the “keeper” of the “Red Brigade” occupies this position.
In defense, up to 3 out of 4 names are from Man City. That is right-back Kyle Walker, midfielders John Stones and Ruben Dias. Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson is the other name selected on this list. Meanwhile, midfielder Virgil Van Dijk is not included because of poor form this season.
In the midfield, Man City continued to show dominance in the presence of Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, and Bernardo Silva, while Liverpool had no one selected by Sportmail in this line.
On the front three, Mohamed Salah is still named in the position of the right striker. The central role of Erling Haaland on the Man City side is completely worthy of participation when he is leading the list to compete for the title of “Golden Shoe” for “Premier League scorer” this season with 28 goals. Meanwhile, the Norwegian striker’s teammate at the host club, Jack Grealish, was chosen as a left-sided striker.
Pep ignores Haaland’s injury, how does Klopp react?
In his pre-match press conference, coach Pep Guardiola announced Haaland’s situation: “We have the last training session at 4 pm on Friday (local time) so after that, we will see how he feels. how. I spoke to Haaland, and he feels fine. Life is a r/i/s/k in these periods, we have to accept it.
We scored a lot of goals, and Haaland scored some phenomenal goals. In the past, we scored a lot of goals. I have the feeling that Man City under Mancini and Pellegrini has always been a team that scores a lot of goals with different players. This is what we are aiming for from now until the end of the season.”
There is no doubt about Haaland’s importance to Man City this season. The Norwegian striker has suspected 42 goals for the Etihad Stadium team in all competitions. If Haaland is absent, coach Pep Guardiola is expected to return to the “virtual nine” or replace it with World Cup champion Julian Alvarez.
Before coach Pep Guardiola kept s/e/c/r/e/t about Haaland’s situation, coach Jurgen Klopp insisted he did not care whether the Norwegian striker played or not.
“When you prepare a match, you need to take into account all the possibilities, in this case, the possibility that Haaland will play,” the German strategist said. He’s a perfect striker, but Man City won the league last season without a striker. That’s football, you never know 100% who can play.”
Unlike recent seasons, Man City and Liverpool will enter the next match with different goals. Man City needs to win to put pressure on top team Arsenal in the title race. And Liverpool needs 3 points to continue to raise hopes in the race for the top 4.
Coach Klopp added: “This is an extremely important game. That’s the only thing that’s not different from recent seasons. We know it’s a big game, and a big week coming up. Obviously against Man City, you have to play with your best, defend at the highest level, and also have to know how to play. It’s normal when you have to play against a team that is strong in possession.”