Manchester City starting XI: Ortega; Lewis, Akanji, Laporte, Ake; Rodri, De Bruyne, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Palmer.
Manchester City substitutes: Carson, Walker, Stones, Cancelo, Grealish, Gomez, Bernardo, Foden, Robertson.
Liverpool starting XI: Kelleher; Milner, Gomez, Matip, Robertson; Bajcetic, Thiago, Elliott; Salah, Carvalho, Nunez.
Liverpool substitutes: Adrian, Fabinho, Keita, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Ramsay, Phillips, Doak.
Manchester City are in Carabao Cup action this evening as they host rivals Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola names a rotated side tonight with some players recently in World Cup action.
Sergio Ortega starts in goal tonight behind a back four of Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, Aymeric Laporte and Nathan Ake.
Rodri will sit in holding midfield, with Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne ahead of the Spaniard.
Erling Haaland leads the line for City tonight with Riyad Mahrez and Cole Palmer out wide.
Jack Grealish and Phil Foden make the bench after their England commitments, joining Scott Carson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Joao Cancelo, Sergio Gomez, Bernardo Silva and Alex Robertson.
Liverpool go with Caoimhin Kelleher between the sticks with Joe Gomez and Joel Matip as the centre back pairing in defence.
James Milner features at right back with Andrew Robertson over on the left side.
Teenager Stefan Bajcetic starts in holding midfield with Thiago Alcantara and Harvey Elliott ahead of him.
Darwin Nunez leads the attack tonight with Fabio Carvalho and Mohamed Salah supporting the Uruguayan.
Scottish talents Ben Doak and Calvin Ramsay are on the bench, joining Adrian, Fabinho, Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kostas Tsimikas and Nat Phillips.
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