Pep Guardiola comments on Ederson fitness ahead of Liverpool game

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Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool and Manchester City will face each other on Sunday.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has suggested to Sky Sports that goalkeeper Ederson might not be available for the Premier League game against Liverpool at the weekend.

The 26-year-old goalkeeper, who is one of the best in his position in the world, suffered an injury against Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday evening.

City will take on Liverpool away from home at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday, and Guardiola has admitted that he is unsure if the Brazil international will recover.

Guardiola told Sky Sports when asked if Ederson would be fit for the match against Liverpool: “I don’t know right now. It’s a muscular problem. It was not big but [I took him off] to avoid risk.

“He didn’t feel comfortable in the last minutes and that’s why we decided to make a substitution.”

Blow for Manchester City?

Ederson is a major player for City and is a key figure in Guardiola’s side, and the Brazilian missing out at the weekend will be a big blow for the Citizens.

City, who have won the league title for the past two seasons, simply cannot afford to lose against Liverpool this weekend.

Liverpool are as many as six points clear of second-placed City at the top of the league table at the moment and have to be considered as favourites for the title.