On the afternoon of next Sunday (10), Liverpool and Manchester City will face each other at Anfield, for the 28th round of the Premier League. The tendency is that there will only be Brazilians on one side.
Liverpool’s goalkeeper Alisson is injured and will continue to be out. On the Manchester City side, Ederson is expected to be on the field, with also the midfielder Matheus Nunes, a Brazilian naturalized Portuguese.
Since arriving in England in the 2017-18 season, Ederson has played 15 matches against Liverpool.
There were 5 City wins with the Brazilian on the field, drawing 5 and losing another 5.
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What were Manchester City’s big wins?
Of the five Premier League titles won by Pep Guardiola, two of them were closely contested with Liverpool. In the 2018-19 season, Manchester City won the competition by one point.
The title came much after a 2-1 victory obtained on January 3, 2019, at the Etihad Stadium. In the season of Liverpool’s triumph, the Citizens won 4-0 and in two winning campaigns, the Citizens came out on top with a 4-1 victory in the 2020-21 and 2022-23 seasons.
Possible teams
After winning the English League Cup and defeating Sparta Prague in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16, Liverpool is expected to field the following lineup: Kelleher; Gomez (Bradley), Konaté, Van Dijk, and Robertson; Elliott, Endo, and Mac Allister; Salah, Darwin Núñez (Gakpo), and Luis Díaz.
Manchester City, on the other hand, secured a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals by defeating Copenhagen again. Coach Pep Guardiola is expected to field the following lineup: Ederson; Walker, Rúben Dias, and Aké; Stones and Rodri; Bernardo Silva, Kovacic, De Bruyne, and Foden; Haaland.
