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Man City are facing late decisions over the fitness of two players, while Jack Grealish will miss the trip to Liverpool entirely after a groin injury.
While Liverpool’s situation is ongoing, Man City appear to have come out of their injury crisis in time for the run-in as the two sides vie for the title.
Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland have both missed portions of the season but are back and back on form, with Pep Guardiola facing few issues ahead of Sunday’s clash.
However, the Man City manager awaits an update on both Jeremy Doku (muscle) and Matheus Nunes (finger) after recent issues.
Doku was absent for the 3-1 win over Copenhagen in midweek, while Nunes suffered a nasty injury to his finger after starting the Champions League tie.
The former Wolves midfielder landed awkwardly and saw his finger bent out of position, playing for much of the game before being forced off due to the pain.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Guardiola explained that he would “see how they feel” in training on Saturday.
“My process is ‘which players do we have?’ – will Doku be ready and when Jack will be ready?” he told reporters.
“We will know tomorrow – and then we know what we can do.”
Grealish will miss the 3.45pm kickoff at Anfield after suffering a recurrence of a groin injury during the 6-2 win at Luton in the FA Cup fifth round.
There are no other injuries within the Man City squad, however, while Jurgen Klopp is expected to be without at least nine first-team players.
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota would almost certainly have started if fit, with Thiago, Joel Matip, Ryan Gravenberch, Stefan Bajcetic and Ben Doak also sidelined.
Ibrahima Konate will undergo a scan for a suspected hamstring injury, with a late call made over whether he can feature.
The defending champions have been doing everything gossip in their hands to safeguard their triumph success since 2017 after dominating the Premier League by gripping this crown consecutively in a row, their boss has pointed out one club that he feared most due to the quality of their squad.
They are currently in the second position behind the leaders of the table, Liverpool with a single point after destroying Manchester United in their last derby clash.
The Reds are also doing everything possible to maintain their top-flight of this campaign as they are looking forward to giving their iconic boss a great farewell by the end of this summer by clinching the crown.
Arsenal are in third place with two points behind Liverpool after winning five games in a row making their manager bag an award for the best manager of the last month.
The Citizens are set to travel to Anfield this weekend which could mark the final meeting of these two great coaches in the English football league since Klopp will leave this league by the end of the campaign.
While the Spaniard was speaking ahead of this clash, he admitted how feared Klopp and the atmosphere in Anfield where he has always found it very difficult to beat this German boss while playing here.
He “Anfield is so tough, especially with the quality of the team. The crowd. of course, but especially the quality of the team.” This could sound like a warning to other bosses who are battling with Liverpool for the crown of this term.
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