Need to Know
Match: City (4th) v Liverpool (8th)
Competition: Capital One Cup Final
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Date and Time: Sunday 28 February, 4.30pm
Referee: Michael Oliver
Last time: City 1-4 Liverpool, 21 November 2015
Head to head record
Matches: 202
City wins: 52
Draws: 51
Liverpool wins: 99
Form
City: WDWLLW
Liverpool: LWLDWW
Key Quotes
Pellegrini: “For everyone, Wembley is one of the most important stadiums in the world. To play a final there creates a different atmosphere.
“It’s a special thing. That’s why I respect every cup so much.”
Kolo Toure: “There will be no fraternising with Yaya before Sunday - no phone calls, no messages, no feeling.
“We are both going to war. We will both want to win and then we will talk after.”
Klopp: “We have had some problems since I’m here, but never the problem that we have to much players, so making the squad this time is, two things, the best thing I could ever do and the most difficult thing I have to do until now because a few players will be disappointed.
“A lot of players and managers work their whole life and can be really successful but don’t have the chance to win anything, that’s how it is sometimes. After a very short time, we have the chance.”
Team News
Out (City): De Bruyne, Nasri & Delph
Out (Liverpool): Ings, Gomez & Stewart
Further Reading
Capital One Cup training gallery
Samir Nasri exclusive blue hair gallery
City at Wembley 7 Famous Wins 2011 FA Cup semi
Top 20 Manchester City League Cup moments 11 to 20
City at Wembley 40 year anniversary
Kevin De Bruyne has brace removed as recovery from knee injury steps up
