Man City vs. Liverpool live score: Premier League result, updates, stats as Haaland misses out against leaders

30 mins before kickoff: In Haaland’s absence, Omar Marmoush will provide City’s main goal threat. Given the presence of his international team-mate and global icon Mohamed Salah in the Liverpool lineup, it’s safe to assume this game is a pretty big deal in Egypt. Outside the ground a few months ago, Marmoush got the biggest cheer of players stepping off the City team bus. Fans are clearly keen to see him build on his hat-trick against Newcastle last weekend.

50 mins before kickoff: More by accident than design, we’re about to witness one of the legacies of this rivalry. There is no out-and-out centre-forward in either starting XI, with Darwin Nunez on the Liverpool bench and Erling Haaland out injured. Pep Guardiola is most heavily associated with false nine tactics, which of course were championed by his mentor and Arne Slot’s compatriot Johan Cruyff. Jurgen Klopp’s centre-forward of choice was master link man Roberto Firmino and the alternative ways each team found to rack up goals was truly captivating. There’s some irony that it’s now City who look most lost without a conventional No. 9, such is Haaland’s influence. They badly missed him in Madrid in midweek.

1 hr 10 mins before kickoff: And this is what things look like for the league leaders. We’ll assume Curtis Jones is going to supplement the front three on the left but Slot could always opt for an extra man in midfield to counter City’s possession-hogging tendencies. That said, he’d probably have been expecting more than one controlling midfielder in the City line-up.

Pep Guardiola suffered another injury blow in Wednesday’s defeat to Real Madrid as John Stones was forced off in the first half. Stones has been nursing a foot issue for most of the year and this has been compounded by a thigh problem that might need surgery. 

He joins Manuel Akanji, Oscar Bobb, and Rodri on the shelf, all of whom have missed signifiant time and will likely continue to do so. Bobb was scheduled to return from his broken leg but reportedly twisted his ankle in training, lengthening his return timeline.

Erling Haaland did not feature in the Real Madrid match midweek after tweaking his knee last weekend, and has not made the matchday squad. Rico Lewis, Nathan Ake, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku come into the City XI.

Man City lineup (4-1-4-1, right to left): Ederson (GK) — Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, Gvardiol — Nico — Savinho, De Bruyne, Foden, Doku — Marmoush

Man City subs: Ortega (GK), Dias, Kovacic, Grealish, Gundogan, Silva, Reis, Nunes, McAtee

Liverpool saw Conor Bradley go down with an injury late in the midweek draw with Aston Villa, after he had already come in off the bench. He’s almost out this weekend, but there’s very little news on what the prognosis is beyond the next match.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returns in place of the Northern Ireland youngster. At the other end of the field, Diogo Jota remains out and Cody Gakpo is only fit enough for a place on the bench, leaving midfielder Curtis Jones to complete a fluid front three.

Liverpool lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Alisson (GK) — Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson — Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister — Salah, Diaz, Jones

Liverpool subs: Kelleher (GK), Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah.

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