With gundogan, kroos, kimmich, goretzka germany are full of world class midfield options, but what they lack are good striker and defender and also a good manager.
1. KDB absence makes city stronger - against logic but it is the fact - bcoz the players rely on themselves. 2. Gundogan is the master of every game like Kane (10 9 10 9) he plays the two tasks perfectly he is (collector of bones, sorry i mean of points). 3. Foden should be totaly trusted by Pep .He must replace (loser of chances ) Mr sterling. 4. If city win the title, Rubin Diaz is clearly the only man after that. thanks to him.
Haven't seen such Alison poor perfomance for awhile. A great definition the 4th goal, that guy is a rough diamond for English national team. Although I'm missing Kun.
@childishjp - )t's not an excuse. He really is that good and important. More pertinent though, he's out for months regardless, so they need to make do and get the machine running without him.
@BeautifulLoser They can reach the semi-final, or maybe even the final. But in order to win the CL, you need to have a bit of an "X factor". City haven't got that in the CL... yet.
@splint3r While Bayern and Barcelona may have a slightly better offensive output, Man City's defense is really good this season. And I think this is a crucial factor. I don't think other teams (Real, Atlético, Juventus, PSG, Liverpool) are going to happen. Except Bayern, Barcelona and City eliminate each others in the quarter finals. Maybe Chelsea could be a dark horse depending on how fast Tuchel can implement his style.
@SlimB both directors in City are ex barca directors, they were ones who brought messi from barca b to barca team... plus coach is guardiola with whom messi won everything in his career...too much connections he has with city...his best friend aguero is playing there also..
@Grumpkin69 even worse than karius game vs real madrid in ucl final but fortunately for him it's happened in much lesser profile game, so he won't be remembered as karius 2.0
@alxdru if you watch bayern's matchs, you will understand that neuer is the main reason we can get the 3 points frequently so we can be on top position in bundesliga, if not for neuer then i don't how many points that we would have dropped.
So don't underestimate neuer for now, he is right now back to his best form when he was considered the best goalkeeper for so many years topping the peak de gea.
Liverpool went from 67games streak or so undefeated on Anfeild, to actually lose three games in a row there haha 180°, that didn't happen btw since the 60s
@stefanm Most important is to be happy in your life and make a world a better place. But maybe it's just me. Ding Dong, it was your time as @uefalona said. I hope you were so sure about the score and made a bet, unless it was just a guess ;-))
@Rensen few years? hey hey don't exagerrate haha, guys forget that they r actually playing Fabinho and Hendo for mounths now on defense, another team without defense could have done worse than Liverpool, they faced City that imo the best team on Europe atm ofc they'll lose
@Rensen Not enough wind, the City players didn't look friendly, Pep didn't regard Liverpool's problems in defence and tried to attack anyway, not nice.
@Cityslacker Too many managers have failed with lots of money. Look at PSG, the current Barca, Real. Pep improves every player and that's where he's different and unique.
Same story...penalty missed in the first half .How lucky Liverpool can be? Me thinks Sterling is the most skilled player in the world at the moment,this season he was like fifa 25 compared to others
@Cityslacker Pep's had a whole lot more cash to throw around though. Much easier to be successful with Bayern and City's resources than with Dortmund and Liverpool's.
@Grumpkin69 You gotta be THE man in order to get hired by these ultra rich clubs in the first place. Not saying Klopp ain't a great manager tho, nowadays he could easily get the job at any club with an opening.
@GioMonaldo Yeah for sure, I wasn't trying to knock Guardiola at all, just the OP's view that 'Pep keeps coming out on top, therefore he's better' seems to ignore the fact that Bayern would expect to come out on top vs Dortmund regardless of manager, and to a lesser extent City would usually expect to beat Liverpool (bar the last 2 years or so).
@Grumpkin69 that just shows Guardiola has better people skills in getting contacts who are rich who can give him more resources. Klopp is a crybaby loser who has no proper people skills.
@Grumpkin69 you need a variety of different skills to be manager. if klopp can't convince people to give him money but guardiola can, that means guardiola is a better manager in that area.
@uefalona ...But he has been given money by Liverpool? Yes, you need a variety of skills to be a manager, one of the most important is pushing a team to a higher level than they were previously at, something he has achieved at L'pool and Dortmund (quite hard to do that without any people skills btw). I'm not even trying to say he's a better manager, just that these direct comparisons people make don't make a whole lot of sense.
@koziol.mutant Liverpool has the better manager. I would be shocked if Klopp doesn't notch his 10th win against Fraudiola with a comfortable 2-0 victory.
If City win they will be 5 points clear with a game in hand. With De Bruyne and Aguero still to come back from injury. The title race is over if they get the result.
@Nico1 City has got a very difficult calendar + CL start, so potentially they can lose quite a few points next weeks. It will mostly depend on the form of their centerbacks for the next matches - vs. Tottenham, Everton, Arsenal, West Ham, Man Utd.
I am going for a City Win/BTTS/Over 2.5 Goals bet, today. Don't put any money on this prediction because this match will have a real toss-of-the-coin result. However--- looking at City's defensive solidity and the fact that they're not relying on any one player for their goals against exactly the opposite of those statements for Liverpool--- on paper, it's a resounding City victory.
"Joao Cancelo will certainly start here but it's unclear whether he will be on the left or right"...or center! Cancelo is playing a great season and he's becoming even more important for City as De Bruyne is out. This match comes in worst possible time for Liverpool and overcoming the form difference to City will be very difficult. Hopefully this won't be another disappointing, low scoring big match which we've seen way too many this season. 1-3 for City.
@Castle The worst possible time would have been a week or two ago. Now Mane, Fabinho, Alisson and possibly Keita are back. Not to mention the 2 new signings are ready. I think it will be a tight game
@koziol.mutant yes open play, Dude They just became more solid on defense after Dias joined them no mistakes, they have the right isn't? but do they play like Atletico or Totenham? there is biig difference between being solid on defense and playing negative closed football.
@koziol.mutant Haha snuck in Utd like we wouldn't notice, scored 9goals against poor team 9men Southhampton and now they r offensive, while all there results with the 4 big teams scored 1goal. Brighton is more offensive as a style of play than Utd my friend, Liverpool and City r also more offensive.
@footballover and scored 3 against a stronger team West Ham, they won't just continue on not scoring forever isn't?! specially since having that attacking trio that attacking right backs and that attacking coach isn't?
4th goal for City - 20 passes and 1 minute possession. That not only shows their class but also how bad and discouraged is Liverpool at the moment.
Liverpool + Goalkeepers = ?!?!?!?!
With gundogan, kroos, kimmich, goretzka germany are full of world class midfield options, but what they lack are good striker and defender and also a good manager.
1. KDB absence makes city stronger - against logic but it is the fact - bcoz the players rely on themselves. 2. Gundogan is the master of every game like Kane (10 9 10 9) he plays the two tasks perfectly he is (collector of bones, sorry i mean of points). 3. Foden should be totaly trusted by Pep .He must replace (loser of chances ) Mr sterling. 4. If city win the title, Rubin Diaz is clearly the only man after that. thanks to him.
Haven't seen such Alison poor perfomance for awhile. A great definition the 4th goal, that guy is a rough diamond for English national team. Although I'm missing Kun.
Liverpool can't rely on that "we're missing Van Dijk" excuse anymore, City ripped them apart and they're without De Bruyne and Aguero.
@childishjp - )t's not an excuse. He really is that good and important. More pertinent though, he's out for months regardless, so they need to make do and get the machine running without him.
@andrew7taylor City played this game without key players like Kevin and Aguero.....
@stefanm - So? That doesn't effect Liverpool and how much they are missing van Dijk. That only effects Man City.
I believe Man City will take English premier league this season
@SlimB this time real, they finally got a hell of defence.
@SlimB Wow, say something we don't already know.
@SlimB If they can keep this pace it will be Champions League this season.
@BeautifulLoser They can reach the semi-final, or maybe even the final. But in order to win the CL, you need to have a bit of an "X factor". City haven't got that in the CL... yet.
@splint3r While Bayern and Barcelona may have a slightly better offensive output, Man City's defense is really good this season. And I think this is a crucial factor. I don't think other teams (Real, Atlético, Juventus, PSG, Liverpool) are going to happen. Except Bayern, Barcelona and City eliminate each others in the quarter finals. Maybe Chelsea could be a dark horse depending on how fast Tuchel can implement his style.
@BeautifulLoser they are on fire even without kdbruyne
I wonder how good City will be with their summer targets who will be Ramos,Messi and haaland.
@Rensen City will not get Haaland. They might get Harry Kane, but not Haaland.
@Rensen Ramos? LOL
@GioMonaldo Yeah, there were rumors about Messi & Ramos in same team ^^
@Sensi ramos is not leaving
@NuchalLine Hey mate ^^
i would for messi to play for pep again. damn.
@nceshNcero it would be lovely to see Leo in City soon
@stefanm don't believe that. Messi would rather go for. ... I don't know but not going to Man City as you think
@stefanm I don't believe that. Messi would rather go for. ... I don't know but going to Man City as you think
@SlimB both directors in City are ex barca directors, they were ones who brought messi from barca b to barca team... plus coach is guardiola with whom messi won everything in his career...too much connections he has with city...his best friend aguero is playing there also..
Alisson's 3.7 rating is I think the lowest I've ever seen on WhoScored. Nightmare.
@Grumpkin69 even worse than karius game vs real madrid in ucl final but fortunately for him it's happened in much lesser profile game, so he won't be remembered as karius 2.0
@Grumpkin69 Not even close..Olazabal had a rating of 1.9 vs Real Madrid when Granada lost 9 1.
@spectre08 Yeah...I said the lowest that I've seen, not lowest of all time ha, that's shocking though, must watch the highlights from that game.
@Grumpkin69 nah a belgian goalkeeper playing in turkish league got a 2.9 after 6-0 defeat this season!!!
Alisson is a fantastic keeper, but not Neuer or Oblak level
@KlaasJanHuntelaar why not? Its his first bad game in last 2 years or so....better than Neuer all day long
@alxdru *i don't know how many points that we would have dropped
@alxdru if you watch bayern's matchs, you will understand that neuer is the main reason we can get the 3 points frequently so we can be on top position in bundesliga, if not for neuer then i don't how many points that we would have dropped. So don't underestimate neuer for now, he is right now back to his best form when he was considered the best goalkeeper for so many years topping the peak de gea.
It is 'easy' to wind up the Liverpool fans :)
Liverpool went from 67games streak or so undefeated on Anfeild, to actually lose three games in a row there haha 180°, that didn't happen btw since the 60s
@TetouanMorocco Lack of public really hurt them.
Lol, Farmers league
@falcon_ranger Bundesliga? absolutely!
@GioMonaldo I agree, both leagues are Farmers league and London is the biggest Farm. LMFAO
The funniest part is that Liverpool wouldn't even have scored again, if it wasn't for that fluke penalty.
@splint3r salah is a fraud, clear simulation
@splint3r Salah would probably score anyway, he had a clear position before foul.
@Sensi No, he wouldn't have. They were completely toothless in attack, as they have been for some time.
I doubt LFC will stay in top4...and that means Dexter is getting fired at the end of the season... Btw check out first comment on this page ~ ;))
@stefanm you get most of your predictions wrong though. even a broken clock is right twice a day!
@uefalona well important thing is i got my prediction right that barca will finish trophyless last season, and thats most important
@stefanm Most important is to be happy in your life and make a world a better place. But maybe it's just me. Ding Dong, it was your time as @uefalona said. I hope you were so sure about the score and made a bet, unless it was just a guess ;-))
Phil GOATen.
Alisson MOM definitely, it is not racial abuse
Did liverpool sign a centre back to keep on bench
@Msuraj they can't ust force in into the team against city side
@Msuraj seems that centre backs were bought to get more rest for others against "lesser" teams
Klopp will be making comments about a 'lack of rest' or the weather :)
@Rensen more rest is an advantage for sure anyway
Alisson 3,7 xD Karius
@TetouanMorocco Karius 2
@TetouanMorocco Adrian too
Liverpool are just a one season wonder.They will not be winning the title for a few years at least yet.
@Rensen wtf are you talking about... Teams have theirs ups and downs, it's not that City was so much better today.
@Rensen few years? hey hey don't exagerrate haha, guys forget that they r actually playing Fabinho and Hendo for mounths now on defense, another team without defense could have done worse than Liverpool, they faced City that imo the best team on Europe atm ofc they'll lose
@Rensen They've won UCL the year before and were in the final the year before that. Stop squatting
Even top 4 looks tough for Liverpool now. No goal threat
Alisson with a 3.7 rating. Never seen that before.
De Bruyne was the break.
@Pastore10 This was the first difficult fixture since his injury, or rather, it should have been.
Foden is suck a brilliant player, and he's 20 wow
I wonder what excuses Klopp will have after the game ?
@Rensen Not enough wind, the City players didn't look friendly, Pep didn't regard Liverpool's problems in defence and tried to attack anyway, not nice.
@neumi17 Yeah, also taking advantage of GK mistakes is pathetic behavior, it shouldn't be allowed.
@Rensen tbf City, has the best squad by far
@Rensen DId he make Alisson commit those mistakes?
Shape of things to come people !
Alisson bet on City
WTF! Gündogan is on fire <3
@BeautifulLoser More like Sterling was on fire.
Cant disagree with the money thing but he has come thru at every level i def think klopp can lead Any club, that said trophies are trophies!
@Cityslacker Too many managers have failed with lots of money. Look at PSG, the current Barca, Real. Pep improves every player and that's where he's different and unique.
ZM is the man for City ! Not only does he control the midfield but he is also City's best goal scorer.
@neumi17 * CM Gündogan
Same story...penalty missed in the first half .How lucky Liverpool can be? Me thinks Sterling is the most skilled player in the world at the moment,this season he was like fifa 25 compared to others
Not sure in what world Peps not a better manager . They've both coached in the same leagues ... who keeps coming out on top . Hmmm
@Cityslacker Pep's had a whole lot more cash to throw around though. Much easier to be successful with Bayern and City's resources than with Dortmund and Liverpool's.
@Grumpkin69 You gotta be THE man in order to get hired by these ultra rich clubs in the first place. Not saying Klopp ain't a great manager tho, nowadays he could easily get the job at any club with an opening.
@GioMonaldo Yeah for sure, I wasn't trying to knock Guardiola at all, just the OP's view that 'Pep keeps coming out on top, therefore he's better' seems to ignore the fact that Bayern would expect to come out on top vs Dortmund regardless of manager, and to a lesser extent City would usually expect to beat Liverpool (bar the last 2 years or so).
@Grumpkin69 that just shows Guardiola has better people skills in getting contacts who are rich who can give him more resources. Klopp is a crybaby loser who has no proper people skills.
@uefalona Convincing people to give you spending money doesn't make you a good manager. Lampard? 200m + last summer?
@Grumpkin69 you need a variety of different skills to be manager. if klopp can't convince people to give him money but guardiola can, that means guardiola is a better manager in that area.
@uefalona ...But he has been given money by Liverpool? Yes, you need a variety of skills to be a manager, one of the most important is pushing a team to a higher level than they were previously at, something he has achieved at L'pool and Dortmund (quite hard to do that without any people skills btw). I'm not even trying to say he's a better manager, just that these direct comparisons people make don't make a whole lot of sense.
City is awful, the penalty was soft and they didn`t deserve to a goal to say at least.
@tar88s stick to ballet, bro.
@tar88s Lol, it's 100% penalty. He just left his leg on purpose... And football isn't always about who deserves what. If it was it would be boring af.
@tar88s they didn't check for var thats how soft it was
@tar88s How is that a soft penalty when Fabhinho just leaves his leg out hitting sterling xD
@Mamix Because it was to the disadvantage to Liverpool. They are all soft then unless a leg gets broken.
Liverpool should buy real striker not to play muppet Roberto Firmino up front, he cant score easy chances
It’s snowing all day , unlikely to be a goal fest
Sterling to score
3-2
Liverpool has better midfield 1-0 or 2-1
@koziol.mutant Liverpool has the better manager. I would be shocked if Klopp doesn't notch his 10th win against Fraudiola with a comfortable 2-0 victory.
@SeuneMilmas Switch to tennis. You don't understand this game.
@SeuneMilmas another shocking prediction
@SeuneMilmas great....now i can place my bet
Or 0-9
0-2
Sadiomane to score
Liverpool draw no bet
origi owngoal hattrick incoming
If City win they will be 5 points clear with a game in hand. With De Bruyne and Aguero still to come back from injury. The title race is over if they get the result.
@Nico1 City has got a very difficult calendar + CL start, so potentially they can lose quite a few points next weeks. It will mostly depend on the form of their centerbacks for the next matches - vs. Tottenham, Everton, Arsenal, West Ham, Man Utd.
I am going for a City Win/BTTS/Over 2.5 Goals bet, today. Don't put any money on this prediction because this match will have a real toss-of-the-coin result. However--- looking at City's defensive solidity and the fact that they're not relying on any one player for their goals against exactly the opposite of those statements for Liverpool--- on paper, it's a resounding City victory.
@RichieRochdale You said it's a toss of the coin result, then you said it's a resounding City victory? Which one is it?
@uefalona Pretty sure I wrote- a resounding City victory "on paper?" Let me just check, erm, yes I did!
@RichieRochdale so city GR+ ( goal rush plus )
@DavyK Got odds of 4.1 on this bet so I'm happy with that. Wouldn't like to be blamed for the punters losing their money as I'm a City fan
Who knows with these two
I think City will run riot with their attacking talent against a makeshift Liverpool defense. Will be a good game to watch nonetheless.
Liverpool - Man City 0:2(0:1)
0-0
"Joao Cancelo will certainly start here but it's unclear whether he will be on the left or right"...or center! Cancelo is playing a great season and he's becoming even more important for City as De Bruyne is out. This match comes in worst possible time for Liverpool and overcoming the form difference to City will be very difficult. Hopefully this won't be another disappointing, low scoring big match which we've seen way too many this season. 1-3 for City.
@Castle The worst possible time would have been a week or two ago. Now Mane, Fabinho, Alisson and possibly Keita are back. Not to mention the 2 new signings are ready. I think it will be a tight game
4-1
@Jimic Finding it hard to score goals but should score 4 against city.
The game we're all waiting, two open play teams, 2-3
@TetouanMorocco city and open play? lol
@koziol.mutant yes open play, Dude They just became more solid on defense after Dias joined them no mistakes, they have the right isn't? but do they play like Atletico or Totenham? there is biig difference between being solid on defense and playing negative closed football.
@TetouanMorocco they play slow-tempo possession, to my liking it is not offensive like Man Utd or Bayern :)
@koziol.mutant Haha snuck in Utd like we wouldn't notice, scored 9goals against poor team 9men Southhampton and now they r offensive, while all there results with the 4 big teams scored 1goal. Brighton is more offensive as a style of play than Utd my friend, Liverpool and City r also more offensive.
@TetouanMorocco hhhh you are from Tetouan B7ali :)
@jonah Hhhh merhba khawa! perhabs we know eachother and we don't know yet, hm is ur last name mjonah?
@TetouanMorocco , Open minded team lost to Southampton and Brighton without scoring
@footballover and scored 3 against a stronger team West Ham, they won't just continue on not scoring forever isn't?! specially since having that attacking trio that attacking right backs and that attacking coach isn't?
0 -1 city
0-2
1-4 .
@stefanm Noooooooo!!!!!!! Wawwwwwwwwwwwwww
@stefanm Holy shtt!!
@nikoanzai thanx bro~