Who: Liverpool vs Manchester Metropolis
What: English Premier League soccer
The place: Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom
When: 4pm (16:00 GMT) on Sunday
Methods to comply with: Al Jazeera Sport can have all of the build-up and full textual content commentary of the sport.
Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has urged the Abu Dhabi hierarchy to provide him the prospect to revive his faltering group amid its staggering run of poor outcomes, saying on Friday he won’t “run away” from the problem.
Metropolis misplaced 5 video games in a row earlier than squandering a three-goal lead from the seventy fifth minute to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord within the Champions League on Tuesday.
The longest winless streak in Guardiola’s teaching profession might be prolonged on Sunday when Metropolis performs away to Liverpool, who’re in first place within the Premier League and the Champions League.
“I ask for that problem. I ask for this chance to do it. As a result of I really feel it. I do know what I need to do. I do know what we want. I do know what we’ve got to do,” Guardiola mentioned.
“For positive, I need to keep right here, I need to do it, however the second I really feel I’m not optimistic for the membership, one other one will come. However I need the chance to strive. I don’t need to run away. I need to be there. I need to rebuild the group.
“It’s not regular within the huge golf equipment to have the outcomes we’ve got had, however what we’ve got to do is settle for it. ”
Guardiola, who has received the Premier League six instances in his eight full seasons with Metropolis, in addition to the membership’s first Champions League title, mentioned he’s in common communication with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.
“He is aware of we’re going to discover a resolution,” Guardiola mentioned. “Within the circumstances that it doesn’t occur, the membership will take the answer, the choice, it has to take.”
The Spanish coach mentioned he deserved to be given time to show issues round. “I’ve all of it on my shoulders. I need it,” he mentioned. “Right here on the soccer membership you need to win — for those who don’t win, you’ll be in bother. I do know that.
“Folks mentioned, ‘Oh, why is Pep not in bother? Why is he not sacked?’ What we’ve got performed the final eight years is why we’ve got this margin.”
Guardiola performed down discuss of a “disaster” at Metropolis when requested by a reporter, however was uncertain when the group would begin successful once more. After Liverpool, Metropolis performs seventh-place Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.
“We will probably be again — I do know that,” Guardiola mentioned. “I don’t know when, that’s the reality.
“Now we have to just accept,” he added, “that it’s utterly regular — possibly the exception was up to now, not what occurred now. How we get up once more, that is the large success in life. It’s what number of instances you get up, once more, and once more, and once more, no matter occurs. They’re the best [people].”
Liverpool continued their unbelievable begin to life underneath Arne Slot with a 2-0 win over Actual Madrid on Wednesday to maneuver again to the highest of the Champions League desk.
The Reds are additionally streaking clear on the high of the Premier League, eight factors forward of Metropolis, who’re affected by the lack of Ballon d’Or winner Rodri to a season-ending knee harm.
Slot is assured Guardiola will flip their fortunes round, however is hoping it won’t are available time for the top-of-the-table conflict.
“One of many the reason why I feel Guardiola is the most effective supervisor on this planet is that he all the time comes up with options for his issues,” Slot mentioned at his pre-match information convention on Thursday.
“His drawback now could be that Rodri is out, however everyone knows, I feel, that he’ll provide you with an answer and the run of type will go once more. Hopefully, after Sunday.
“I feel he was the one who began enjoying the inverted full-back, then he was the one which began to play the centre-back as a quantity six. So I don’t assume it’s a shock for anybody if he once more comes up with one thing nobody has ever considered earlier than to make his group even stronger.”
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All three earlier sides to get pleasure from no less than an eight-point lead after 12 Premier League matches went on to win the title.
Liverpool have received the league simply as soon as since 1990 and have missed out twice in latest seasons to Metropolis by a single level as Guardiola’s males have racked up six of the final seven titles.
Slot refused to purchase into the concept the defending champions are there for the taking when requested if Metropolis’s hunch has made Liverpool’s job simpler within the title race.
“I don’t assume anybody within the final eight or 9 years, or possibly even longer, would have mentioned that Metropolis, residence or away, that the phrase ‘straightforward’ ever involves thoughts.”
Liverpool group information
Liverpool’s newest assertion win, to defeat Madrid for the primary time in 9 conferences, got here at a value.
Defenders Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate are uncertain for the weekend after struggling accidents late within the recreation.
“It’s by no means a great signal if, in Conor’s case, we needed to take him off and Ibou couldn’t stroll off the pitch as he ought to after such a unbelievable recreation that he performed,” added Slot.
Nevertheless, the Dutchman confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold could be match sufficient to interchange Bradley if obligatory.
Manchester Metropolis group information
Metropolis may hand a begin to defender Ruben Dias, who returned to the bench for Tuesday’s recreation.
John Stones stays a doubt having missed the Feyenoord match whereas Mateo Kovacic, Rodri and Oscar Bobb stay absent.
Head-to-head
That is the 197th assembly between the golf equipment, with Liverpool successful 93 of the encounters and Metropolis claiming the spoils on 50 events. Whereas the final two matches, each within the Premier League final season, led to attracts, the Reds haven’t received within the final 4, with Metropolis successful the 2 video games previous to that. Their final win was at Anfield in October 2022 when Mohamed Salah scored the one purpose of the sport to mark the third consecutive win for his facet towards Metropolis, and their fifth consecutive unbeaten match between the 2 sides.