Liverpool have lost their aura at Anfield and their grip on the title will be severely weakened too should they fail to beat Manchester City. To do so, Jürgen Klopp requires dramatic improvement in a Liverpool team that have not scored in three successive home league games – the first time that has happened since October 1984 – and against opponents who could set a club record of seven successive clean sheets in the league. Pep Guardiola has never led Manchester City to victory at Anfield and the visitors have not won here since May 2003, but ending that barren sequence would have profound repercussions for both sides. Andy Hunter
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