Initially no relief for Pep Guardiola as well inform PL toppers Liverpool is coming to City ‘s home, Etihad today. Before going into this domestic clash Manchester City faced a early escape from UEFA Champions League where Real Madrid ruin English side 3-1 (6-3 on aggregate). Now its well set Liverpool who is haunting the streets of Manchester.
Pep Guardiola is genuinely known for his dominance though its verily missing this time. Albeit City group spent last January. Several Premier League clubs are closely monitoring Abdukodir Khusanov from RC Lens, Vitor Reis from Palmeiras, and Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt, as they look to strengthen their squads ahead of the next transfer window. But The sky blues conquered the deals. After all of this, the problem is not solve yet.
Manchester City vs Liverpool : Current Tends
Manchester City lost 3 out of 5 prior games, two against Real Madrid and one against Arsenal. Conceding 8 goals throwed their inner moral on dark hole. On the hand, The Reds won similar games as City (2), drew 2, lost 1.
John Stones confronted thigh injury will be not available till mid April. As well Manuel Akanji has Muscle injury. On the Reds’ side, Cody Gakpo remains doubtful for tomorrow’s match, paving the way for Luis Díaz to start on the left wing, while Diogo Jota is set to lead the line as the No. 9. Headache for City as Haaland will not be on the first xi, as he is not fully recover from knee injury. Probably Omar Marmoush will start tomorrow.
Arne Slot is one of those manager who admire Pep most. Both these managers believe in optimizations, numerical superiority, capture the half space and utilize the pitch geography on an extreme equilibrium. Since Slot has Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch who play a crucial anchor role for his camp, Guardiola missed Rodri, the Ace of his trumps. Till today Allister made 107 and Gravenberch made 134 ball recoveries, also good in progressive carries. Liverpool won possession in final third construct them the most threatful team of the current campaign.
Shaping a team where in every role, the team can took a qualitative splendor. Mohamed Salah has minimum 2 shots on target per 90 minutes before his name while created 18 big chances. Luis Diaz has 1.9 successful dribbles per 90 minutes. Trent is good with long balls as well in throughs. So there is more and more efficiency.
Can Nico Gonzalez make the difference?
Nico Gonzalez has only one starter, getting a huge burden on his shoulder. The quality he showed against Newcastle clear that he can do extraordinary things. Nothing wished one can not won games on bases of individual. Sometimes it depends on the day. So far against Tiny county team he successfully passed 102 balls (97%) and a good ball recoveries.
Against he scored his first goals in City colors. In both Premier League and Champions League, playing over 180 minutes he only dispossessed only one time. Suring appearances in final third for many occasions and Exploiting the half space craft him as real threat for Liverpool.
Possible XI
Manchester City
4-2-3-1
Ederson
Khusanov, Dias, Aké, Gvardiol
Kovacic, González
Silva, Foden, Savinho
Marmoush
Liverpool
4-2-3-1
Jota
Luis Diaz, Szoboszlai, Salah
Mac Allister, Gravenberch
Robertsonvan Dijk, Konaté, Alexander-Arnold
Alisson
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