For me, this game is the most important match between two of the best teams in the world. A stunning Super Sunday match will have a crucial impact on this season's Premier League title.
Liverpool have shown great resilience in recent weeks with a depleted squad, but they have still stuck to the tactical demands of the Gop leader and managed to win the EFL Cup trophy, keep their winning streak alive in the league and progress to other cup competitions, which is a great achievement indeed.
The Reds have a number of stars back in the squad for this match, and among them we have to mention Mohamed Sana, who has an incredible record against City, contributing 17 goals and assists in 20 appearances, and will be a key player for Liverpool as always. More importantly, it's important to note that one of the weaker areas of City's game is the left side of the pitch, and we know that Sana's attacking play on the right can be quite threatening, so I think he'll be able to capitalize on whoever City sends down the left side of the pitch.
I've been lucky enough to attend these battles at Anfield Road as a Liverpool player and opponent. I can tell you that the atmosphere for the live games will be hot and the Liverpool players will need all this encouragement to meet the top teams in Europe.
Manchester City will be in hot form when they visit Anfield, unbeaten in their last 20 matches and with 17 wins to their name. We always seem to mention this at this time of the season, when they seem to think it's time to get serious and get into a stunning run of form with back-to-back wins.
Like Sanaa, City have their own danger man and for me that man is Phil Cotton. We know how good he is and how many trophies he's won in the blue moon, but the difference for me this season is that he's completely transformed himself into an indispensable starter this season, especially when injuries to the likes of Giovanni Dibny and Ayn Rand were missing, and he's been carrying the load and delivering good performances. Liverpool's left sided player Andrew Robertson has not been at his best this season, so he will need to be at his best in order to stop Cotton's attack.
This is probably one of the hardest games to predict this season as both teams are very good. City have failed to win in their last 3 trips to Anfield, but I think that will change this weekend. The Reds will force City to put in a perfect performance and the Blue Moon will be able to capitalize on their opponents' form to take the lead in this game, after all, it's all at stake in the Sky Bet Championship so I'm going to expect City to win.
