Manchester City Vs Liverpool Prediction: Difficulty For Coup

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. (Twitter @ManCity)

JAKARTA - The Manchester City duel against Liverpool lost class to The Northwest Derby. However, the big match became even more attractive and tense after Man City confirmed it as the new English Premier League giant.

It is not an easy matter if Liverpool want to carry out a coup in a match at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, November 25 at 18.30 WIB.

The match was held during the lunchtime local time or during the day. Despite losing prestige to Manchester United's duel against Liverpool in The Northwest Derby, the Man City and Liverpool meeting continued to risk prestige and had high tension.

Moreover, both of them have shown dominance in the Premier League over the past few years when MU experienced a decline.

The duel got fiercer because it was fighting for the top of the standings. The reason is, both teams are in first and second place.

Only Man City's position at the top of the standings is completely unsafe. With 28 points, The Citizens are only one point ahead of Liverpool.

Only, Man City's consistency makes Pep Guardiola's team still seeded. In the last match, Man City failed to win after being detained by Chelsea 4-4.

The goal that saved Chelsea from a loss was scored by Cole Palmer when the game ended soon because injury time was only a matter of seconds.

Despite failing to win, Man City still set an unbeaten record for the previous four games since being forced to give up 0-1 by Arsenal. However, they were able to get up by beating MU 3-0 in Manchester Derby at Old Trafford and slaughter Bournemouth 6-1.

With very good capital, Ederson and colleagues are still seeded at home to Liverpool. But the Reds are definitely not an easy opponent.

Despite two draws, Liverpool managed to record three wins in the last five matches that allowed them to stick to points with Man City.

In the match, Man City must be vigilant because the mainstay striker Erling Haaland is not in the best condition. He suffered an ankle injury which made Norway absent in the last match of the Euro 2024 Qualification.

However, Haaland may be forced to play. The reason is, Julian Alvarez, who is the coating, is still not fit after strengthening Argentina in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

On the other hand, Nathan Ake and Sergio Gomez were not played because they had not fully recovered from injury. Midfielder Rodri remains the motor of the game in midfield with Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva.

Behind, Manuel Akanji worked hand in hand with Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, and Josko Gvardiol to fortify Ederson who had also just returned from Brazil.

Meanwhile, Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp doesn't seem to make South American players a starter. The forward Darwin Nunez who plays for Uruguay will sit on the bench.

Di depan, ada Diogo Jota yang ditopang Mohamed Salah dan Cody Gakpo. Namun, kiper timnas Brasil Alisson Becker tetap berdiri di bawah mistar.

The absence of defender Andrew Robertson was replaced by Konstantinos Tsimikas. The back sector will be solid because there are still Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, and Virgil van Dijk.

Can they deal with Haaland and his colleagues and carry out a coup? Liverpool is not seeded to win. However, that doesn't mean there is no chance.

Obviously Liverpool is not MU, which is now no more 'onion kid' for Man City. This is what the hosts should watch out for.