When and where
City return to Premier League action and make the short trip to Merseyside to take on Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday 7 October, kick-off at 4.30pm.
The match is being shown live in the UK on Sky Sports. Fans based outside the UK can find out where they can watch the match with our global TV listings…
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Team news
City
Manchester City duo Kevin De Bruyne and Benjamin Mendy are in the frame to feature in Sunday’s clash. However, Fabian Delph remains sidelined, while boss Pep Guardiola will make a late check on Ilkay Gundogan before the match after the Germany midfielder limped off against Hoffenheim in midweek.
Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is unavailable, having sustained an Achilles tendon injury. The Chilean ‘keeper underwent scans, which confirmed a rupture in the tendon of his left foot.
READ: Liverpool v City | Injury news
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp will monitor the condition of his players following their Champions League assignment away at Napoli on Wednesday evening.
Divock Origi has recovered from an ankle problem while central defender Virgil van Dijk has shaken off a rib injury. Adam Lallana is continuing his rehabilitation from a groin problem.
Last time
City’s last Premier League trip to Anfield, back in January, ended in a 4-3 defeat. The Blues also travelled to Merseyside in April for a Champions League quarter-final first leg tie, losing out 3-0.
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“We have to be spot on, on our best to keep them away from our goal and create chances in front of our goal,” the Liverpool boss said during his press conference. “It will be hard work, no problem with that, everybody knows it.
“We beat City three times last season and not once after any of those games did we go into the dressing room and think ‘now we know how to beat them’.”
Referee
Martin Atkinson will be the man in the middle on Sunday afternoon.
Stats
- City will be seeking to maintain a fine run of league form with Pep Guardiola’s side having won their past four league fixtures to make it six wins out of seven so far.
- Liverpool have also won six out of their first seven league matches, their 100 per cent finally being checked last weekend with a 1-1 draw at Chelsea.
- Sergio Aguero has scored three Premier League hat-tricks in 2018, including one against Huddersfield Town earlier this season. Only two players have netted four or more hat-tricks in a calendar year in the competition, with Harry Kane doing so six times in 2017 and Alan Shearer registering five trebles in 1995.
- Altogether, 31 players have played for both Liverpool and City over the course of their careers.
Five notable player links
James Milner, Dietmar Hamman, David James, Nicolas Anelka, Raheem Sterling
