It will be very interesting to see what Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola does with his starting lineup on Sunday, given the big injury news that he broke earlier on today. Iraola has confirmed that both Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo will miss out on Sunday’s huge home match against Manchester City.
Obviously, this will be the first Man City match since the bombshell news dropped, regarding the club’s being found guilty on 115 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules. So the fact that it comes on the road just makes the storyline extra spicier.
Liverpool vs Manchester City FYIs
Kick: Sun. Oct 11, 4:30pm, Anfield, Liverpool, UK
Team News: Liverpool FC Manchester City
Predicted Starting XIs: Liverpool FC Manchester City
Detailed Injury Updates: Liverpool FC Manchester City
Google Result Probability: Liverpool win 35% Manchester City win 39% Draw 26%
Premier League Standing, Form: Liverpool 6th, 9 pts, DDWDW Manchester City 1st, 15 pts, WWWWW
It is going to be a lot of fun, watching what the home supporters do, in order to taunt the visiting club. You already know what the theme will be in the tifos that the fans create. So here is what we went with, as we try to figure out what Iraola will do up top, in the absence of Gakpo and Isak.
We left out Victor Munoz in this lineup prediction, so apologies to him.
Liverpool Predicted XI vs Manchester City
Alisson Becker; Ronald Araújo, Jérémy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister; Rio Ngumoha, Dominik Szoboszlai, Bradley Barcola, Florian Wirtz
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