Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have gone toe-to-toe as managers of English football’s two leading sides over the last half a decade.
City’s title race is with Arsenal this season while Liverpool are in sixth and battling for UEFA Champions League qualification.
However, that doesn’t mean we can’t expect another exciting instalment of this dramatic saga to kick off the Big City Weekender, which runs until Tuesday.
When City win this meeting, it’s a big result - either in score line or consequence.
In 2017/18, we thrashed Liverpool 5-0 in the first few weeks of the season on the way to a 100-point haul.
A 2-1 win the following season was decisive in a seismic title tussle between the two sides which was eventually won by City.
A 4-0 success followed at the end of the 2019/20 campaign before draws in 2020/21 and 2021/22.
Get in the mood for this afternoon’s match with the video above...
City v Liverpool coverage
We welcome Jurgen Klopp’s sixth-placed Liverpool side to the Etihad Stadium for a 12:30 (UK) kick-off on Saturday 1 April. It’s the first match of our Big City Weekender.
Our Matchday Centre will begin text updates at 10:30 before Matchday Live with Barry-Murphy, Howey and Crowley begins at 11:25 shortly ahead of team news.
The trio will look ahead to the game with the usual mix of fun and analysis before Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison talk you through the action with our live radio commentary.
After the game, our studio will wrap up by reflecting on events on the pitch and looking at what it means for City’s season.
Reaction from Pep Guardiola and his players will be available shortly afterwards and then highlights and a full-match replay (for CITY+ and Recast subscribers) are on mancity.com and our official app in the evening.
