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It’s a big day in the north, love. Liverpool v Manchester City is the best rivalry in English football since the early 2000s, and this match is fully loaded with significance and subplots. Liverpool probably need to win to have any chance of retaining their title, while City are chasing a two-for-one deal: a first win at Anfield since 2003, and the added bonus of eliminating their most dangerous challenger from the title race.
On current form, it’s the resistible force against the immovable object. Liverpool haven’t scored at home for almost six hours, a bizarre run of form for a team who were unstoppable at Anfield for so long, while City have conceded only two goals in their last 13 league games. But Liverpool’s front three have some extremely happy memories of playing City at Anfield, including the devastating 3-1 win in this fixture a year ago. If this game can’t bring the band back together, then nothing will.
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