Nine injuries are a concern for Pep Guardiola’s team when it comes to Man City’s lineup against Liverpool.

A number of well-known players may be sidelined for Manchester City’s match against Liverpool.

Next Saturday is the first Premier League game back, with Manchester City taking on Liverpool at midday.

The Blues lead Jurgen Klopp’s team by one point going into their match. The team hasn’t triumphed in the league at the Etihad since 2015, which was before to Pep Guardiola’s tenure in Manchester. This season, Liverpool’s road record has also been a little erratic; in fact, the Merseyside team has lost its last three league games.

Even though Liverpool has played excellently at home, they have only triumphed in two of their six away games. In all competitions, City’s has also won 23 straight games at the Etihad. Next weekend, if the European champions can maintain that streak, it will tie the all-time English record.

Following an early Autumn slip-up, City has bounced back, winning five of their six games between the October and November international break. The thrilling 4–4 draw with Chelsea in their most recent match is the only loss. Guardiola’s team is returning to form after City scored an amazing 21 goals in those six games.

The matchups against top-five teams (Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, and Aston Villa) in the next three days are ideal, but the manager of City will be worried about the growing number of injuries in his team.

During the break, Rodri was injured and missed Spain’s victory against Cyprus. Ederson, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovacic, and Matheus Nunes withdrew from international duty. After receiving treatment on the pitch during the 2-0 victory over the Faroe Islands, Erling Haaland became the sixth player to experience a problem. According to the Norwegian team doctor, the striker noticed a disturbance in a pre-existing foot ailment.

Sergio Gomez is also uncertain, and Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones are unquestionably out due to longer-term problems. Keeping that in mind, here is how City might lineup against Liverpool on Saturday of next week.

1. Ederson, GK
Despite the goalkeeper’s numerous injury concerns, Guardiola will be hoping that he is healthy enough to start against Liverpool.

2. Kyle Walker, RB
has played more minutes for City this season than any other player.

3. Manuel Akanj; CB
scored in the 4–4 draw with Chelsea the previous time out.

4. Ruben Dias; CB
After a couple defensive blunders at Stamford Bridge, his performance drew criticism.

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Jarell Quansah remains in place as England summons five Liverpool players.

Jarell Quansah remains in place as England summons five Liverpool players.

Jarell Quansah, who will remain with the U21s, was one of five Liverpool youngsters called up to the England youth teams for the November international break.

Against Toulouse, Quansah made his fifth start for Liverpool and had a chance to tie the score in the closing seconds, but his attempt was controversially disallowed.

It followed another impressive performance from the 20-year-old, even though the Reds gave up three goals and saw Caoimhin Kelleher lose two more games due to offside calls.

Prior to the match, Klopp stated that Quansah’s future was “very promising” and acknowledged that he was “surprised” by his pre-season potential.

This belief also extends to the Three Lions lineup, as the center-back, Harvey Elliott, and Tyler Morton are included in Lee Carsley’s England U21s roster for this month.

The England U21 team’s most recent qualifiers for the U21 Euros in 2025 are against Serbia on November 18 and Northern Ireland on November 21.

During the October break, Elliott donned the captain’s armband, while Morton, who was placed on standby last month, has now been called up due to his Hull loan performances.

With his loan club, Hull, Morton has started seven of the previous eight Championship games. Hull is presently tenth in the second division.

In the meantime, Luke Chambers, who is close to breaking into the Liverpool first team, has been called up to the England U20s squad for their matches against Italy on November 16 and Germany on November 20.

Calum Scanlon, another left-back with a lot of potential, has been called up by the England U19s for their matches in Marbella against Romania on November 15, Japan on November 18, and Mexico on November 21.

Scanlon made his senior debut for the Reds during the last 24 minutes of last month’s 5-1 victory over Toulouse, coming in for Chambers off the bench.

The lone Liverpool player in Gareth Southgate’s England team is Trent Alexander-Arnold