Manchester City starting XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo; Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo; Sterling, Jesus, Foden
Manchester City substitutes: Steffen, Ake, Gundogna, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Mahrez, McAtee, LAvia.
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Salah, Mane, Jota.
Liverpool substitutes: Kelleher, Konate, Milner, Keita, Firmino, Gomez, Jones, Tsimikas, Diaz.
Manchester City go with Ederson in goal this afternoon as they host Liverpool in a huge clash at the Etihad Stadium.
The most keenly-anticipated game of the season is finally here with major title implications to come this afternoon.
It’s a back four in front of Ederson with Kyle Walker, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo all starting.
Rodri will sit in front of the back four with Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva given more attacking freedom.
Gabriel Jesus starts in the City attack, joining Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden in the final third.
That means Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez only make the bench, joining Zack Steffen, Nathan Ake, Ilkay Gundogan, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, James McAtee and Romeo Lavia.
Liverpool go with Alisson between the sticks behind a back four of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson ahead of him.
Fabinho will be Liverpool’s deepest midfielder with Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara joining him in the engine room.
Jurgen Klopp’s big decision came in attack and he has gone with Mohamed Salah down the right, Sadio Mane on the left and Diogo Jota up top.
Luis Diaz only makes the bench for Liverpool and will sit alongside Caoimhin Kelleher, Ibrahima Konate, James Milner, Naby Keita, Roberto Firmino, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas.
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