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It’s round three of Man City v Liverpool, a huge weekend for Crystal Palace and potentially seismic in terms of Arsenal and Tottenham.
Game to watch: Man City v Liverpool
Here we go again. After two 2-2 draws in the Premier League, Liverpool and Manchester City meet in the FA Cup semi-final for their third clash of the season ahead of a potential fourth in the Champions League final. It’s nigh-on impossible to separate these teams and managers. In 23 meetings in total between Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola, they’ve won nine games each. In the 15 meetings while in charge of Liverpool and Manchester City, they’ve won five each.
Something’s got to give on Saturday; we will have a winner and therefore verifiable proof as to who is better, for a month or so at least.
Klopp rested the majority of his first XI for the visit of Benfica on Wednesday, which suggests they will be the fresher side after Manchester City returned home battered and bruised from Madrid. But given what we experienced last weekend, aches and pains are unlikely to have much of an effect in these adrenaline-fueled meetings.
The “big trouble”, as Guardiola put it, are the potential injuries to Kyle Walker and far more crucially, Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian was the best player on the pitch by a distance last weekend, which is quite some feat given the outstanding talent on show, most of whom were performing to a high standard. His absence would undoubtedly hand a fully-fit Liverpool squad the advantage in another clash set to be decided by the