David James picks out three key battles ahead of Manchester City vs Liverpool

Former Liverpool and Manchester City goalkeeper David James has picked out the key battles to look out for in Sunday’s all-important clash between the two sides.

The Reds travel to the Etihad just one point behind the Citizens with just eight games left in the season, in a match that could decide the Premier League title.

Although James doesn’t quite view it that way, he still cannot wait to see how the game plays out, telling Metro Sport, via Genting Casino: ‘It’s not a title decider but it’s going to be a fascinating game.

‘I just look at two completely different styles of play, two completely different styles of management both so effective, we’re talking about the best two teams in world football at the moment.

What you’ve got is a Liverpool side who are capable of smashing in lots of goals, and you’ve got a Man City side who I watched in midweek against Atletico [Madrid] who are capable of suffocating teams and stopping them from being effective and in this one game if either style breaks, the opposition is going to win.’

And James told us the main players who could determine the outcome of this match:

James reckons Jurgen Klopp will select Colombian Diaz, who has already scored three goals in seven games since moving to Anfield from Porto in January, at left-wing, but he will be up against one of the world’s best right-backs in the form of Kyle Walker.

‘Diaz against Walker, can you imagine that? You’ve got the quickest, trickiest winger against the quickest defender. If Diaz gets the advantage, then he’s going to give Liverpool plenty of opportunities to score goals but if its Walker then it nullifies one of Liverpool’s attacking outlets.’

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