Following last night’s 3-1 win over FC Copenhagen Manchester City return to Premier League action this weekend to take on Liverpool at Anfield. This Sunday’s game will see the top two teams on the Premier League table in a massive clash.
Sunday’s game won’t decide the Premier League title it will give the winner of the game a sizable boost in this season’s title race. With Arsenal also keeping an eye on Sunday’s result a huge game at Anfield is now on the horizon.
Manchester City team news
Manchester City will head into Sunday’s game with several injury concerns. England international Jack Grealish will miss the match due to a groin injury. Jack Gaughan has reported for the Daily Mail that the world champions will take a cautious approach with the winger’s return from the injury he sustained against Luton Town. Gaughan adds that Manchester City have accepted that Grealish returned too early from the groin injury he suffered in City’s 3-1 win over FC Copenhagen at the Parken Stadium. Furthermore, Gaughan adds that City believes that Grealish did more damage to his groin by returning too soon.
Jeremy Doku could also miss Sunday’s game with an injury concern. The speedy winger didn’t make the City squad for last night’s win over FC Copenhagen. Speaking before his team’s 3-1 win over FC Copenhagen Pep Guardiola told the media that Doku was suffering from muscular problems. The City boss said when asked about Doku’s condition: “He had some muscular problems so we did not want to take the risk.”
Liverpool team news
Jurgen Klopp’s side has several injury concerns ahead of Sunday’s massive fixture. They will be without several key players for the meeting with the world champions.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Diogo Jota, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones and Thiago Alcantara will all miss the game at Anfield due to injury.
There has been good news on the injury front for the Premier League leaders. Mo Salah having travelled with the Liverpool squad for tonight’s Europa League clash with Sparta Prague. Salah had been out of action due to a hamstring injury. Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai also returned from injury in their 1-nil win over Nottingham Forest.
Tickets
Tickets for Man City vs Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday can be found at www.1st4footballtickets.com at the link provided.
TV/Livestream information
Sunday’s massive fixture will be broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Ultra HD.
International viewers can go to www.livesoccertv.com and check for their local time and provider for Sunday’s can’t miss clash.
