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Liverpool, Manchester City Face Defining Moment In Title Race | Football News

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Liverpool, Manchester City Face Defining Moment In Title Race | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool host Manchester City in a defining moment in the Premier League title race as Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola conclude their top-flight rivalry on Sunday. Free-scoring Arsenal can go top for at least a day when they host Brentford, while Aston Villa face Tottenham in a vital showdown in the battle for a top-four finish. AFP Sport looks at three talking points ahead of the weekend's action:One more sleepless night for GuardiolaManchester City boss Pep Guardiola faces one last sleepless night as he wrestles with the problems posed by his great rival Jurgen Klopp.Klopp's bombshell revelation that he will quit as Liverpool manager at the end of this season has given extra gravitas to Sunday's crucial clash with City at Anfield.Although Guardiola has won five of the last six P...

Premier League: Manchester City Crush Manchester United As Liverpool Show Support For Absent Luis Diaz | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City underlined the vast gulf in quality between themselves and Manchester United on Sunday as Liverpool showed their support for absent team-mate Luis Diaz, whose parents were kidnapped in Colombia. Old Trafford paid tribute to late United great Bobby Charlton ahead of kick-off, with supporters unfurling a banner that read: "The finest English footballer the world has ever seen". But memories of past glories failed to translate onto the pitch, with the home team thoroughly outplayed by the champions, who did not have to get out of second gear in their 3-0 win.Champions City made most of the early running and were awarded a penalty after VAR spotted a foul on Rodri by Rasmus Hojlund as the ball was crossed into the area from a free-kick.It was the first spot-kick Manche...

Premier League: Jurgen Klopp Recalls ‘Miracles’ As Liverpool Fight For Top Four | Football News

[ad_1] Jurgen Klopp recalled past "miracles" on Friday but admitted Liverpool's destiny was not in their own hands as his red-hot team hunt down a top-four finish in the Premier League. Last month the Reds were in eighth place, 10 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, but six successive victories have propelled them to fifth and only a point behind their fierce rivals, who have a match in hand. Klopp, whose team have three games left, starting at relegation-threatened Leicester on Monday, was reminded at his pre-match press conference of previous remarkable comebacks, including the overturning of a 3-0 first-leg deficit to beat Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals in 2019.Liverpool also came from a seemingly impossible position in the Premier League in 2021 to qualify f...