Pep Guardiola press conference live Man City injury news vs Liverpool

Pep Guardiola will offer an update on his Manchester City squad as injuries continue to bite the under-pressure Blues ahead of their must-win Premier League trip to Liverpool.

Guardiola says defeat will make the Premier League title very difficult to retain as it would send Liverpool 11 points clear of his side, who are winless in six and have lost their last three league games.

City looked on course to end their five-match losing streak on Tuesday but threw away a 3-0 lead over Feyenoord in the last 15 minutes of a Champions League tie and are completely shot of confidence.

Question marks remain over the fitness of John Stones, Ruben Dias, Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku, while Mateo Kovacic, Rodri and Oscar Bobb remain out.

Follow below for every word from Pep Guardiola in his pre-Liverpool press conference below.

No problem at all. It happened once especially, it was a long time ago. They make statements, it's forgotten.

Today is the first day we see eachother since the game. Back to business.

Do the players suffer with confidence issues?

Of course, football is how your confidence... I don't know the right word. When the dynamic is good it's easier. Accept the situation we have. I learn through my life is move forward in the good and bad moments. Prepare well the game in Anfield and continue. We're in the end of November, many months to play. Have to learn. You can fall down again, to succeed is how many times you stand up when you fall. It's the only way I know.

The boss is here, off we go.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot did his press conference yesterday, offering sympathy for City's form, backing them to turn it around and predicting some tactical imagination from Pep Guardiola to do so.

But he also insisted that