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The left-back said Liverpool need to be better for the remainder of season if they are to beat Manchester City to the title.

We need to try to win that and then get into the semi-finals. It’s obviously out of our hands, if they win all their games then it is their league but if they do drop points we need to be ready to pounce. But we have some really tough games and we need to try to win them, we need to be at our best, we need to be better than we were [against City] and if we do that then let’s see where we end up and hopefully we can win something.

Benfica forward Darwin Núñez could be perfect competition for Diogo Jota at Liverpool, but FSG are only likely to make a move under specific circumstances.

“Make no mistake, this will be a player to challenge Diogo Jota in the number nine role. “My understanding is that super-agent Jorge Mendes will offer the player to the top brass of English football. Núñez has been in sparkling form for Benfica this season, and Liverpool already have first-hand experience of what the striker can do.

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He has found the back of the net four times in his last six appearances for Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga and has averaged 0.39 goal contributions per 90 for the club this season. Energetic, robust and technically agile, with a great reading of the game, Sučić has the hallmarks of an outstanding midfield talent with exciting potential. For Croatia's U21 side he has six goal contributions in his last six games, and in the UEFA Youth League he enjoyed a fruitful campaign of eight goal contributions in ten games during the 2019/20 season. In the Champions League this season, he has averaged 21.05 pressures per 90, and he has the energy to suit Klopp's gegenpress at Anfield. Considering the success of previous midfielders who first made the breakthrough at Salzburg, there is good precedent for Sučić to go far in the game, too. Having sold Georginio Wijnaldum in the summer, there is definitely a need to add more reinforcements in the area.

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Klopp's greatest strength this time around, in comparison to 2018/19, is that Liverpool's squad is significantly stronger, and that swings the pendulum in their favour. That leaves little room for Origi, Minamino and Elliott, but perhaps there may be space for them on the bench to make a cameo. The likes of Divock Origi, Takumi Minamino and Harvey Elliott were all omitted from the Liverpool bench altogether, and had to make do with seats in the stands.

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But it could also be Sterling playing a tactical ploy in terms of his future. And at the Etihad on Sunday, even after Sterling saw the absence of the linesman's flag, his celebration for City's third goal, which was later ruled out by VAR, was visibly muted. In the years since, Sterling has become the pantomime villain for Liverpool. A man who would go onto tease supporters declaring that 'no one wants' Liverpool to lift the Premier League title back in 2019.

Mario Gotze admitted that he should have signed for Liverpool in 2016 after a chat with Jurgen Klopp, and a former player has reacted to those comments.

Former PSV star Rene Van der Gijp, who won two Eredivisie titles with the Dutch club in the 1980s, has reacted to Gotze’s recent comments. The Germany international was heavily linked with a move to Liverpool soon after Jurgen Klopp took charge of the club. In a recent interview, Gotze admitted that he should have signed for Liverpool back in 2016 Instead of moving back to Dortmund. Instead, Klopp opted to bring Sadio Mane to the club from Southampton.

Earlier in the season, the two teams drew 2-2 after a late equaliser from Kevin de Bruyne earned Manchester City a point at Anfield. Liverpool trail league ...

— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) In the United Kingdom, the game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event with coverage beginning at 4pm (BST) ahead of the 4:30pm (BST) kick-off. — The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) To examine why they are so closely matched, The Athletic's data experts took a deep-dive into the similarities and differences of their playing philosophies. Welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of Manchester City vs Liverpool in the Premier League. It is the most anticipated clash of the the season, Pep Guardiola vs Jurgen Klopp, with the title on the line. For the visitors, Klopp confirmed earlier in the week he will have a fully fit squad at his disposal.

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— — — — — — — — April 10 April 10 1 hour 40 minutes to kickoff: There's been an awful lot of pearl-clutching over the past few days over whether or not this actually is a rivalry. Indeed, the most typically Guardiola midfielder on show will be Thiago, who will allow Liverpool to take the sting out of proceedings when required, while Trent Alexander-Arnold will be darting into midfield from full-back every bit as much as Joao Cancelo.

Manchester City vs Liverpool is the game of the Premier League season at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday as the two title contenders in a pivotal clash.

They will have to if Liverpool are going to move above City and grab the initiative in the title race ahead of the final month or so of the season. Jordan Henderson and Joel Matip to come back into the starting lineup as Jota, Mane and Salah start in attack. Man City go with Raheem Sterling, Foden and De Bruyne up top. Liverpool go with Jota, Mane and Salah up top. Tension is hanging in the air. A ripple of applause from the home fans. Intriguing. Sterling seems to be focused on Joel Matip. Manchester City! Kevin de Bruyne’s shot took a huge deflection off Joel Matip and flew in off the far post. Huge sighs of relief here among the home fans. Liverpool looking a real threat on the break. City getting a lot of joy when they’re playing more direct behind Alexander-Arnold and Robertson. We are truly lucky to be witnessing two of the greatest teams in Premier League history going head-to-head for the title.

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The summer is always the time of year when we are full of hope and expectation for the year ahead. But records are there to be broken, and our best team can be a match and better City on any day. Would the summer have the same feeling of hope and dreams? I feel that all over the pitch, we are stronger than Man City, and while some people believe City to be the complete team, I would suggest on our day, we can take them. Is there a better game out there for him to rediscover the scoring touch? If we are trying to determine our midfield and forward line, we can be assured that Man City are too.

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This season has seen the two sides go head-to-head for the Premier League title once more, with Manchester City holding a slight edge at this moment in time at the top of the English top-flight. Prior to kick-off at the Etihad Stadium, the two managers have confirmed their respective starting XI's to go head-to-head in a crucial Premier League clash this afternoon. Just a single point separates two of the best footballing sides England has ever seen in Manchester City and Liverpool, coached by two of the greatest managers of all time in Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.

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Liverpool is on a 10-match winning run in the league. A lot is riding on today’s result as City lead second-place Liverpool by just one point with eight games remaining. But the Reds equalised through Sadio Mane just 46 seconds into the second half.

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The Premier League title race remains nip and tuck after Manchester City and Liverpool played out a pulsating 2-2 draw on Sunday in Manchester.

The draw means that the two sides remain locked just a point apart with seven games remaining of the 2022 season. And Manchester City landed the first punch of the afternoon, Belgium midfielder De Bruyne's strike from the edge of the area deflecting into the Liverpool goal to the delight of the home fans. The draw means City have a one-point lead over Liverpool at the top of the Premier League with just seven games remaining of the season.

After a highlight-filled duel at the Etihad, the defending Premier League champions still have the advantage with seven games left—however slight it may be.

In 2018–19, City held off the challenge of Liverpool by winning its final 14 league games of the season. But those failures to take chances do mean that there are times when it does not win games it has had the better of, and that can be costly. But City probably still had the better of them, Riyad Mahrez clipping the outside of the post with a late free kick and then squandering an even later one-on-one chance. But City continued its assault and on balance of play could easily have regained the lead before Gabriel Jesus turned in a João Cancelo cross after a corner had been half-cleared. In that sense it was job done for City: It has resisted the immediate threat of losing the lead and will wrap up a fourth title in five years, if it wins from here on in. Add that to the back-and-forth nature of its play and the result was a first half like this one.

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In the second half, they upped their game massively. This was perhaps the biggest game in Premier League history, but the Reds were weighed down rather than inspired by that. Alisson saved his defenders on several occasions when Manchester City should have scored, with a brilliant early stop from Phil Foden setting the tone. As it was, it was actually Luis Díaz who emerged from the sidelines first and Firmino had to wait until minute 84. Without goalkeeper Alisson, Liverpool would have been in real trouble. When they succeeded, Liverpool tended to create a scoring chance.

The best two teams in the Premier League went head-to-head and put on a show on Sunday.

City are as good as they have been in months, rising to the occasion with an assertive display with and without the ball in which they are punishing Liverpool for that high line of theirs. A miscommunication between Virgil van Dijk and Alisson almost leads to a penalty as Gabriel Jesus was caught in the clatter. Who else but Mohamed Salah splitting the defense to play Mane in for a good finish. Moments after nearly running the ball over his own line without a care in the world Ederson is down on his knees to block an Alexander-Arnold shot with his chest... The switches to wide areas are allowing space for each team but for the most part, the defenses have been ready. It was a draw befitting of the two best teams in the league as minor details were the difference. It's one of those minor Guardiola tweaks that ensures that his team is in the best position possible and he was able to do that as his front four was giving Liverpool all that they could handle and then some. You'd want Sterling to take his chances better against his former club but as a volume shooter, he's good for matches like this every once in a while. Despite City having 11 shots to Liverpool's six, the xG was almost even, with City at 1.11 and Liverpool at 1.22. there wasn't much to separate the two sides. While Liverpool were reeling in the early going, it only took one mistake from City for Diogo Jota to strike back. The fullbacks played a major part in the game with Trent-Alexander Arnold and Joao Cancelo both registering assists, but it was Kevin de Bruyne whose star was brightest. It was an electric day at the Etihad Stadium, as Liverpool and Manchester City battled for first place in the Premier League. After 90 thrilling minutes and four goals, the Premier League standings were unchanged.

In a Premier League season of the finest margins, four goals add to the drama but don't change the title math for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City.

The ball looped down, over the bar rather than under it, and the chance to win here, to stretch clear of Liverpool in the table, was gone. Manchester City, which now has seven games to play in the Premier League, has one point more than Liverpool, just as it had at the start of the day. This game had the air, from the outside, of the moment on which all of that would stand or fall. The greater satisfaction, perhaps, was in the process, the compelling ebb and flow of two finely balanced forces, a high-speed, high-caliber call and response. It is not every day that he finds a team willing to stand up to him, or capable of doing it. The goals, of course: four of them evenly shared in a 2-2 tie, each of them brilliantly conceived and surgically executed. Half an hour or so later, after all, the final whistle had blown on the 2-2 draw and everything remained as it was. And the chances, too, the majority of them falling to City, all spun out of golden thread. This game had been pinpointed, months ago, as the one that would decide the Premier League title. The meeting of indisputably the best and second-best teams in England — order yet to be determined — and most likely the best and second-best teams on the planet, had produced an abundance of things to enjoy. He was, as he always is, somewhere between animated and agitated, but there was a broad grin on his face, genuine affection in his gestures. Ordinarily, in these circumstances, the conventions of rivalry dictate that the two adversaries must studiously ignore each other’s presence.

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The intensity with which his side pressed from the outset was a clear change in approach, one that proved to be extremely effective in disrupting Liverpool's rhythm. One of the few players on the pitch not to shine brightly, an early miss where he could have put the ball wider of Alisson setting the tone for a game where he struggled to live up to the high standards he has set recently. One suspected it was his off ball qualities that convinced Guardiola to start him, if so it was a decision that was justified by a player who always seemed to be on hand to steal the loose balls. Clearly at the peak of his powers there was often nothing Fabinho could do to keep up with him when he drove through midfield and though his goal had a touch of good fortune to it that was thoroughly earned by everything else he offered. He was not to be outdone by Trent Alexander-Arnold in the battle of the creative full backs, his peach of a ball teeing up Gabriel Jesus for the game's third goal. His sliding tackle in the box was as good a piece of defending as you will see in the Premier League this season. A show all of his own, Ederson refused to do things the easy way as he nearly ran the ball past his goal line and parried shots with his chest. Henderson (78') While he had 20 minutes at the end of the game, Liverpool didn't have the ball enough to really set him loose on City. Attracting the attention of the entire City defense fro most of the match, Salah did what he needed to. He didn't get the ball much but his hold up play, when moved to striker, was critical in the second half. Creating zero chances, Henderson wasn't up for the speed of the game and had to be withdrawn for Liverpool to truly chase the match.

Manchester City battled out an entertaining 2-2 draw against title rivals Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday evening.

City’s top goal scorer this season came on and came so very close, striking the post with a late free-kick. His well-taken finish in the second-half was in vain as it was adjudged narrowly offside and subsequently disallowed. Mahrez went close again with a chipped shot in the final minute, again to no avail. Was good whilst turning in the middle of the park and often dropped deep despite being deployed out wide by Guardiola. Redeemed himself somewhat with a great save from Jota in the second half. This climaxed with a late City freekick that went begging as a hit from substitute Riyad Mahrez only strook the post, agonisingly for those in blue.

Man City remain one point ahead of Liverpool after Sunday's showdown. Given each side's run-in, the champions should retain the title.

"This is the way we need to play the rest of the season. It has become a bone of contention that Guardiola is deemed to over-think tactics and selection in the biggest games. City retain the advantage and their remaining fixtures suggest that Liverpool need a surprise result to go in their favour to claim top spot. We have to concentrate on ourselves and win as many games as possible. What was certain, though, was that this had been a game with everything, including the intervention of VAR to correctly rule out Raheem Sterling's 63rd-minute goal for offside. MANCHESTER, England -- It was epic, frenetic and unpredictable until the end, when Riyad Mahrez had a chance not only to win the game, but almost certainly the Premier League title.

The obsession with Alexander-Arnold's defensive flaws obscures his purpose in a team otherwise defined by systems.

That looseness is written into his game, not just the freedom, but the obligation to act as a playmaker, a roving brain, a note of creative imagination. Close to the pitch you could hear the clips and thuds and pings, like the comforting rat-a-tat of an electric sewing machine stitching the game, the day into place. Better, perhaps, to imagine a Liverpool team where the right‑back sits, covers and blocks up the space. The internet says Alexander‑Arnold can’t defend – and not just that he can’t defend, that his defending is a kind of outrage, a societal toxin. The truth is not just in the middle, but a great deal more interesting. One of these was Alexander-Arnold himself, loping back in that dogged style, with the air even at top speed of a man trotting along the beach with a surf board under one arm.

Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City have let Liverpool "have a life" in the title race after the 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

"It was like a boxing fight. "What a game -- wild," Klopp said. We will play for that, that's all."

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We have to concentrate on ourselves and win as many games as possible. If they slip up we have to be there right behind them. But it’s too hard, the schedule is too tough for both teams to win every game, but we will try,” added the Belgian. This is the way we need to play the rest of the season. “I felt we settled down a bit and caused them problems. The result was a repeat of October’s scoreline at Anfield and was the first time City had scored first and not gone on to win in the Premier League this season.

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He is very much a player who plays on the front foot and it is not hard to imagine him stepping into a tackle for Liverpool before playing a ball straight into the Reds' front three. Interestingly, the player profiling most stylistically similar is RB Leipzig's Amadou Haidara, who has also been linked with Liverpool and is supposedly a player that Ralf Rangnick believes could transform his Manchester United midfield. Liverpool are likely to need a midfielder in the summer should one or two of their current options depart, and Merino could make sense as a player that most Premier League sides appear to be overlooking.

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While Liverpool will be slightly disappointed to leave the Etihad with a 2-2 draw, its bravado paid off. Liverpool presses harder than City and pushes its back line up high, dangerously so at times. In those seasons, City and Liverpool have routinely accumulated the highest point totals in Premier League history. The key to their dominance in both cases is considerable investment and near-perfect squad building. Manchester City has become the defining Premier League rivalry of the late 2010s and early 2020s simply because they are possibly the two greatest teams to ever grace the League, and their reigns of dominance have just so happened to coincide. In typical fashion, the two sides delivered absolute fireworks once again.

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"It's nice to say I was watching that game. It will be difficult - but for them too, they have to win all the games. If we draw, we will not be champions.

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The balance is key, and when it has come to a choice Guardiola has always prioritised the wider structure over ruthlessness in the box. Missing opportunities, in particular, is a curiously psychological phenomenon – something that is, for now, beyond the scope of algorithms, although modern research does at least accept that confidence is a factor. City have not had the lower xG in the league since the penultimate game of last season when, with the league won and the Champions League final approaching, they lost 3-2 to Brighton. That is preposterous. After results that have not quite gone his way, Guardiola often blames issues in the two boxes – a lapse of concentration from a defender, a goalkeeping error, a moment of brilliance from an opponent at one end; a failure to take chances at the other. Only four teams in league history have ever got more than that – Liverpool and City twice each in the past four years. Pep Guardiola said he didn’t want a “second of sadness” from his Manchester City side after Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool, but he also acknowledged his side had “missed an opportunity” to take a four-point lead in the title race.

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"I always try to imitate the best teams." A thrilling draw was a just result for two teams that have not only been almost inseparable this season, but over the last four. It's hard to say which team will leave Sunday's game the happier with the 2-2 draw. Even as the clock ticked deeper into injury time, the Belgian international was always the first City player hunting down the ball when Liverpool had possession. De Bruyne in particular was a phenomenon. The Brazilians on both sides -- Roberto Firmino, Fabinho and Alisson with Liverpool and Jesus and Ederson with City -- exchanged pleasantries in the center circle, as De Bruyne seemingly received plaudits from a number of players in red.

Pep Guardiola is demanding perfection from his Manchester City side to keep Liverpool at bay after a pulsating match between the Premier League title ...

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Jürgen Klopp reflected on a game between the world's two best sides that in the end didn't do much to separate them.

“Of course I would have loved it if we would have done it more often. “When we didn’t have that and we couldn’t put pressure on the ball then we were too high. “We have to be nearly perfect to beat this team in a game and over a season as well.

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Liverpool won 10 in a row heading into Sunday and City have lost once in the Premier League since October. They are a cut above the competition. But, in truth, the boldest predictions in there are the games where we suggest City and Liverpool will drop points. Gerrard and Coutinho, who were denied in heartbreaking fashion when City pipped Liverpool in 2014, might be able to provide a final twist. Okay, in a manner neither of these formidable teams are likely to, we’ve bottled it a bit. All City’s league games against David Moyes’s side have been tight and tough over the past two seasons and the Hammers ended their League Cup reign on penalties last October. They are in a small Premier League minority who seem to relish facing Guardiola’s side, but a season petering out into midtable might temper their appetite for a scrap. A week after hosting Liverpool, Newcastle will continue to have their say in the title race. This could really be a huge weekend in the title race. Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool started a December wobble for Klopp’s side, and Spurs then won a chaotic encounter at the Etihad Stadium in February. Klopp’s only win over Conte came in the first of their five meetings back in September 2016. The Times reported that Guardiola extensively studied footage of Southampton against Liverpool to prepare for Sunday’s encounter, so it’s fair to assume Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side have ways to hurt Klopp and his players. In the 2018-19 knife-edge battle between City and Liverpool, Klopp’s side played out a thriller at St James’ Park and prevailed 3-2 on the season’s penultimate weekend. Three days after playing City again at Wembley, this would look like a huge red flag in Liverpool’s run-in.