Liverpool v Manchester City LIVE: Latest score and updates as Ederson dropped for crunch clash

Another chance for the home side as Akanji gives the ball straight to Gravenberch, but it’s another shot straight at Ortega.

The hosts have started brighter here, and city haven’t managed to settle yet.

Dias does well to win his first tussle with Salah, but his clearance is straight back to the hosts. Szoboszlai drives in a low cross, but there are too many bodies in the box for Diaz to find a shooting chance.

First good chance of the match as Liverpool pounce to win possession in midfield and Diaz slides it to Gakpo. He cuts back and eventually forces a good save from Ortega, but he’d strayed offside anyway.

Liverpool have the first half-chance of the match as Salah clips in a diagonal cross, but it runs out of play.

The home sides have made a quick start, applying plenty of pressure.

The home side get us underway at Anfield! What a game we could have in store here.

Both sides are coming out of the tunnel at Anfield, so we’re only a few minutes away from kick-off.

City have lost their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 47 combined (W35 D9). They last lost four consecutive league games between April-August 2008.

In his managerial career, Pep Guardiola has only lost more games against Tottenham (9) than he has against Liverpool (8). He’s won just six of his 22 meetings with the Reds (27 per cent), which is his lowest win rate against any side he’s faced more than five times in all competitions.

Liverpool’s only Premier League defeat so far this season was a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest at Anfield. They’ve won seven of their eight league games since then (D1), scoring at least twice in seven of those games.

This will be Arne Slot’s first meeting with both Manchester City and their manager Pep Guardiola. None of Liverpool’s last six managers have lost their first ever league meeting with England’s reigning champions (W4 D2), since Roy Evans’ 1-0 loss to Manchester United in 1993-94.

As well as having the most goals and assists combined in the Premier League this season (16), Mohamed Salah’s goal involvements have also been worth a league-high 17 points to Liverpool this term.

These two sides have met 182 times in the past, with Liverpool winning 83, City winning 49, and 50 ending as draws. Last season, both matches ended in 1-1 draws.

Over the last five games, Liverpool have won one, two have ended level, and City have won two.

The last time Liverpool beat City was in October 2022.

Arne Slot liked what he heard and then what he saw. He had tuned in on Tuesday. He had a personal and a professional interest when his former club visited his next opponents. “What made this game special for me was more sitting at home, putting the volume up and hearing the Feyenoord fans singing my name,” he said. “That’s the biggest compliment you can get if you leave a club, that the fans still like you.”

The team that Slot built then shocked the side he will face on Sunday. Manchester City were seemingly heading to Anfield this weekend with a restorative win. Then came a comeback for the ages and for the watching Slot: no side had been 3-0 down that late in a European Cup game and avoided defeat. “For me as a Feyenoord fan, I could hardly believe what I saw,” said Slot.

“At 3-1 you thought, ‘OK…’ but then City took control again. Then it was 3-2 and then 3-3. You don’t see this very often. It was the first time in the history of the Champions League this has happened.” It prompted Slot to get in touch with some old friends. “I spoke to more than a few people to congratulate them but it was not in a tactical manner,” he said.

Our reporter Richard Jolly is at Anfield with some insight into the team news:

Pep Guardiola’s team selection may have an element of punishment. Josko Gvardiol was at fault, to varying degrees, for Feyenoord’s first two goals, Ederson for the third. Both are dropped. If Ruben Dias’ return is the best news City have had for a while, Nathan Ake could have a huge job against Mohamed Salah.