{"id":9012,"date":"2025-02-20T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=9012"},"modified":"2025-02-21T19:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:09:19","slug":"man-city-vs-liverpool-latest-team-news-predicted-lineups-and-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/man-city-vs-liverpool-latest-team-news-predicted-lineups-and-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City vs Liverpool: Latest team news, predicted lineups and injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Haaland missed the midweek defeat in Madrid (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manchester City<\/a> must bounce back quickly from Champions League<\/a> heartbreak when they welcome Liverpool<\/a> to Anfield his weekend.<\/p>\n

A battering in Madrid on Wednesday night <\/a>ensured Pep Guardiola<\/a>\u2019s side crashed out of Europe before the last 16 stage. While they are still fighting in the FA Cup, a top four finish in the Premier League is likely to be the best they can hope for.<\/p>\n

City can at least dent Liverpool\u2019s title bid at the Etihad on Sunday. Arne Slot\u2019s side dropped points away to Aston Villa on Wednesday night<\/a> and another slip-up this weekend would leave Arsenal within touching distance of the league leaders.<\/p>\n

Injuries will be a problem, however. John Stones has endured an injury-hit campaign with his latest return lasting just five games, forced off after just four minutes against Real Madrid last night.<\/p>\n

While City are still to confirm the extent of the problem, the sight of the England international limping off surely leaves him a doubt for this weekend.<\/p>\n

Stones joins Manuel Akanji in the injury list with the Switzerland international facing 10 weeks on the sidelines as a result of the thigh injury he suffered in the first leg defeat last week.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland was part of the travelling squad in Madrid earlier this week but did not emerge from the bench despite his side desperation for goals. <\/a><\/p>\n

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Stones was forced off after just four minutes (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Norway international came off with a knee issue against Newcastle United last weekend with City hopeful he will have shaken off the issue before Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kevin de Bruyne was another who did not emerge from the bench on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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How Man City could line up this weekend…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liverpool meanwhile are sweating on the fitness of Cody Gakpo. The Netherlands international has missed his side\u2019s last two games after picking up a knock in the Merseyside derby thriller against Everton.<\/p>\n

The forward is still to return to training with Arne Slot to make a late call on his availability.<\/a><\/p>\n

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How Liverpool could line up this weekend…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Gomez is sidelined again having undergone hamstring surgery while Conor Bradley could also miss out after he picked up a knock in the draw at Villa.<\/p>\n

Predicted Man City XI to face Liverpool<\/h2>\n

Ederson, Lewis, Ake, Dias, Gvardiol, Gonzalez, Kovacic, Foden, de Bruyne, Savinho, Haaland<\/em><\/p>\n

Predicted Liverpool XI to face Man City<\/h2>\n

Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Jota<\/em><\/p>\n

Where to watch Man City vs Liverpool? Kick-off time and TV channel<\/h2>\n

Man City vs Liverpool kicks off at 4:30pm<\/strong> on Sunday 23 February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Live coverage is available on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event, with a live stream available on the Sky Go app and NOW TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haaland missed the midweek defeat in Madrid (Picture: Getty Images) Manchester City must bounce back quickly from Champions League heartbreak when they welcome Liverpool to Anfield his weekend. A battering in Madrid on Wednesday night ensured Pep Guardiola\u2019s side crashed out of Europe before the last 16 stage. While they are still fighting in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9019,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions\/9019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}