{"id":637121,"date":"2024-03-10T06:34:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T10:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=637121"},"modified":"2024-03-10T06:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T10:34:29","slug":"liverpool-predicted-lineup-vs-manchester-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/10\/liverpool-predicted-lineup-vs-manchester-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Predicted Lineup Vs Manchester City: \u2018Top Talent\u2019 Misses Out in Crucial Title Race Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool host Manchester City in a huge game at the top of the Premier League on March 11. Jurgen Klopp’s side sit just one point above the visitors, and both sides have the opportunity to overtake Arsenal with a win at Anfield. Last Word on Football brings you our Liverpool predicted lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liverpool Predicted Lineup vs Manchester City<\/span><\/h2>\n

How Liverpool Have Lined-up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n

Caoimhin Kelleher starts in goal, with Conor Bradley at right-back and Andy Robertson at left-back. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate start as the centre-backs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wataru Endo starts as the defensive midfielder, with Alexis Mac Allister moving to a slightly more advanced position following the return of the Japanese from injury. Harvey Elliott joins them.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the left wing is Luis Diaz. Darwin Nunez has returned from injury as a striker, whilst Cody Gakpo has filled in at right wing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liverpool Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n

Liverpool comfortably beat Sparta Prague 5-1 in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelleher had another star performance, stopping 1.40 expected goals on target and only conceding to an own goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Irishman made three vital stops, keeping the Czech team at bay. It was concerning how many good opportunities they created.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nunez continued his hot form, scoring in his fourth consecutive game. His brace consisted of two excellent finishes, showing why Klopp was right to put faith in the Uruguayan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liverpool Injuries to Consider Vs Manchester City<\/span><\/h3>\n

Team news was revealed in Friday\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>press conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Konate was subbed off in the Europa League with an injury, and Klopp revealed that: \u201cIbou was rather positive\u2026but that doesn\u2019t mean a lot unfortunately\u201d. It seems unlikely that the\u00a0<\/span>\u201ctop talent\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u00a0will start against Manchester City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mohamed Salah returned from his injury against Sparta Prague, and Klopp explained that \u201cthere is nothing, he is fine\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Curtis Jones will return around the international break, with Alisson Becker and Trent Alexander-Arnold set to return after the international break. Diogo Jota is out for multiple months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryan Gravenberch will not return from his injury sustained in the EFL Cup final, whilst Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, and Joel Matip are still recovering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liverpool Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK: Caoimhin Kelleher<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Andy Robertson<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: Virgil van Dijk<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: Jarell Quansah<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: Conor Bradley<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Dominic Szoboszlai<\/span><\/p>\n

DM: Wataru Endo<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Alexis Mac Allister<\/span><\/p>\n

LW: Luis Diaz<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Darwin Nunez<\/span><\/p>\n

RW: Mohamed Salah<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool host Manchester City in a huge game at the top of the Premier League on March 11. Jurgen Klopp’s side sit just one point above the visitors, and both sides have the opportunity to overtake Arsenal with a win at Anfield. Last Word on Football brings you our Liverpool predicted lineup. Liverpool Predicted Lineup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4784,"featured_media":632742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,3,1831],"tags":[9626],"class_list":["post-637121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","tag-liverpool-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}