The biggest challenge so far of the season is less than an hour away, and it is now clear which eleven Jürgen Klopp trusts in the top game.
Thiago Alcantara, Andy Robertson and Stefan Bajcetic are the only players unable to play before the match.
The one Klopp chose
Here’s the team Klopp has picked for the top clash:
Team v City: Alisson Becker – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas – Alexis MacAllister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones – Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah
Seat: Caoimhin Kelleher, Ibrahima Konaté, Joe Gomez, Jarell Quansah, Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravnberch, Harvey Elliott, Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo
For Manchester City, it was no surprise that most of the players who missed the national team game due to injury were back in action for Saturday’s match.
Manchester City starting XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva, Foden, Doku, Alvarez, Haaland
Manchester City bench: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Phillips, Stones, Gomez, Guardiol, Bobb, Lewis
Klopp said the following before the match.
– We have nothing to lose, and then we have to play a good match. We will see later. This is a test of how hard we face City. Let’s play the game and we’ll talk more about it afterwards.
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