Pep Guardiola He is going through possibly his most delicate moment as a coach. Now, in charge of Manchester City who are adrift after being champions for the last four seasons, more than half of the Premier League is played at Anfield, where a poor Liverpool, who are also leaders of the Champions League and lead them by 8 points, waiting for them.
Arsenal, leading at 6, ousted the Citizens from second place yesterday after defeating West Ham (2-5) in the London derby that pitted two Basque strategists, Julen Lopetegui and Mikel Arteta.
Pep is looking for a solution
Guardiola admitted that he must find a solution to the problems, mainly defensive, that came from the injuries of Rodrigo Hernández and Mateo Kovacic in the pivot position, leading them to five consecutive defeats in all competitions before drawing (3-3) on Tuesday against Feyenoord in the Champions League after winning 3-0.-
After all, Liverpool arrived with high morale and brimming with confidence after beating Real Madrid on Wednesday (2-0) and adding their 18th win in their 19 games since the start of the season.
Konaté, low sensitivity
However, the exhibition against the European champions was marred by a knee injury to the central defender. Ibrahima Konaté in added to a clash with Endrick. The Frenchman, who will be gone for a month and a half, will be replaced by Joe Gomez.
Besides, Conor Bradley suffered muscle discomfort on Wednesday, giving him the option to Trent Alexander-Arnold which reappeared today after a three-week vacation. Arne Slott still don’t have Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota, Federico Chiesa, Harvey Elliott and Kostas Tsimikas.
If City lose, they will be 11 points behind Liverpool and almost say goodbye to the title: they have never been champions and must overcome a deficit of more than 10 points. In other words, Arteta will join Guardiola now. Defeat for Liverpool would leave them six points off the lead.
Possible lineups
Anfield, 5:00 p.m
Liverpool: Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, MacAllister;
Salah, Curtis Jones, Luis Díaz; Darwin Nunez
coaches: Arne Slott
The
TheManchester City: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Rúben Dias, Gvardiol: Rico Lewis, Gündogan; Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Matheus Nunes; Haaland
coaches: Pep Guardiola
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Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Source: La Verdad
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