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Liverpool Vs.Manchester City Preview

Liverpool play Manchester this week in what should be an interesting game between two of the leagues most attacking teams. In addition to this both teams will be looking at claiming the league title for the season making this a significant game. Klopp has performed well against top 6 teams since the start of his tenure as Liverpool manager and the strength of Liverpool's attack at the start of the season means this trend is likely to continue. In addition to this it will be interesting to see whether Coutinho will make an appearance and what impact he will have after a summer of speculation over his future amidst interest from Barcelona. City while having an unbeaten start to the season have not looked entirely convincing, relying on late goals to beat newly promoted Brighton and another later late goal from Ex-Liverpool star Raheem Sterling to earn a point from Everton.  Pep Guardiola's stint at Manchester City has been disappoint so far considering the extent of his success ...

Liverpool Vs Southampton Preview

The league cup quarter finals puts Liverpool against Southampton on Wednesday evening. Southampton will be looking to bounce back strongly after defeat by Man City at the weekend and become stable after inconsistent form in the league.They have performed well so far in the cup with a comprehensive 6-0 demolition of MK Dons and a decent 2-1 win over Villa. Liverpool will be looking to win the league cup.Although, a top four finish will be their priority,Liverpool have not won any silverware since 2012 and a cup win would only raise spirits further after the club has been lifted by the appointment of Jurgen Klopp.Liverpool look good value for victory only having suffered 1 defeat under Klopp so far. With Coutinho rested against Swansea he looks certain to return for the league cup clash.Sturridge and Henderson both made cameos in that game and are likely to start against Southampton to get back to full match fitness. Pelle missed the visit to the Etihad due to suspension but as Southa...

Liverpool Vs Swansea Preview

Jurgen Klopp will be hoping to continue Liverpool's good run of form, after a convincing 4-1 win over Manchester City and a Europa league win over Bordeaux. Thiswill be made much easier for the reds ifmidfielder Philippe Coutinho is deemed fit to play.Livepool will also be making a late decision over the fitness of Daniel Sturridge. Meanwhile Swansea have not beenas stong only having won 1 premier league game sincethe End of August after an initially promising start to their campaign.In addition to poor results recently Swansea will be missing the presence of ex-Liverpool player Jonjo Shelvey who misses the game through suspension. Liverpool have not lost in their last 7 meetings against Swansea. The Swans have only won 1 of their last 7 premier league away games.The statistics favour a liverpool win. Player To Watch This season Roberto Firmino ha sbeen hot and cold but has played very wellin recent weeks. However, he had a very good performance against City and with Coutinh...

Liverpool Vs. Manchester City Preview

Liverpool will be keen to bounce back after their defeat to Crystal Palace before the international break. If Liverpool play the way they did against Chelsea they will cause problems for City especially with Coutinho being in brilliant form.Liverpool are missing Sakho through injuw which is a shame as he has performed much better since the arrival of Jurgen Klopp Manchester City as expected are one of the best performing teams in the league at the moment. Liverpool also receive a boost as Silva is unlikely to be risked and Kompany,Bony and Nasri ruled out.However Sergio Aguero has been deemed fit for the game and he's likely to cause problems for the Liverpool defence despite not playing since scoring 5 against Newcastle United. Although Manchester City have a few injures they still have the strongest squad in the premier league Key Player Philippe Coutinho has the ability to swing this game in Liverpool's favour he's been scoring and creating goals for Liverpool and has ...