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Manchester City face an anxious wait over star striker Erling Haaland's fitness ahead of their Premier League return against Liverpool on April 1.

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Manchester City host Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in a fixture which could have season defining implications for both teams.The Athletic will have all ...

Like Chelsea, 4.30pm is City’s weakest start time although, having been the best team over the last 10 seasons, they still average 1.61 PPG from 28 matches. 1' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 2' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 5' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 7' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 8' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 9' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 10' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 11' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 13' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 14' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool 16' Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool

Julian Alvarez will start up front for City in this afternoon's Premier League meeting with Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.

[Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland)has scored 42% of [Man City](https://www.mancity.com)'s Premier League goals this season (28/67), while his goals have also been worth 20 points to the Citizens. [Ruben Dias](https://www.mancity.com/players/ruben-dias) and [Manuel Akanji](https://www.mancity.com/players/manuel-akanji) in the middle provide the perfect mix of leadership and composure needed in that position. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson) will be protected by the back four of [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones), Akanji, Dias and [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake) that were so solid in the weeks before the international break. [Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland)has scored 42 goals in all competitions for Manchester City this season, including six hat-tricks (all at the Etihad). We last did so in April/May last season (a run of five). - Liverpool have taken just 12 points from their 13 Premier League away games this season (W3 D3 L7), compared to 30 at home. - Liverpool have failed to score in seven different Premier League games this season, with six of these coming away from home. [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden) is also unavailable after appendix surgery last week. [Man City](https://www.mancity.com)this season, in the Premier League, Community Shield and EFL Cup. [Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland) has not made the matchday squad after withdrawing from Norway's recent international fixtures through injury. The No.19 has five goals in six Premier League starts so far. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson), [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones), Akanji, Dias, [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake), [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo), [Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan) (C), [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne), [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez), Grealish, Alvarez

Erling Haaland OUT for Manchester City against Liverpool this afternoon, after the 42-goal Norwegian had been a doubt for the hotly-contested clash following a ...

[Manchester City versus Liverpool has turned into an intense rivalry over recent seasons,](/sport/football/article-11926019/IAN-HERBERT-Man-City-vs-Liverpool-clash-clouded-mutual-loathing-forged-pitch.html) with both teams usually fighting for the top spot of the Premier League. It is not a big issue but today he was not right.' Bernardo Silva is also absent from the team, while Phil Foden's issue sounds like a long-term problem. [it was confirmed that Nike had re-signed Haaland for a lucrative boot deal,](/sport/football/article-11925053/Erling-Haaland-JOINS-Nike-Man-City-star-shuns-adidas-Puma-pen-boot-deal.html) with the American sports giant saying he will leave 'his stamp on the future of the game'. On the subject of Erling Haaland, he said: 'He is not fit. [Man City](/sport/teampages/manchester-city.html) boss [Pep Guardiola told reporters that after speaking to Haaland, ](/sport/football/article-11926325/Pep-Guardiola-make-minute-call-Erling-Haaland-Liverpool-clash.html)he 'feels good', but the matter of selection would be postponed until the last moment.

Defending champions Manchester City will aim to move to within five points of Premier League leaders Arsenal, but they'll have to overcome the challenge ...

— Pep Guardiola said he had spoken to the No. Man City, the second most against any side in his career. 😏 Mohamed Salah has 15 goal contributions in 18 appearances vs. When City and Liverpool played out a pair of 2-2 draws as part of a title race that went to the wire, it felt like these high-stakes battles would set the course for the foreseeable future. Guardiola conceded he would be weighing up "risk" over whether or not to pick his star striker. City's top scorer has a gargantuan 42 goals in 37 appearances this season — albeit with none in two against Liverpool — but he was forced out of Norway's international fixtures with a groin complaint and missed his scheduled return to training with City on Thursday. 1 hour from kickoff: The teams are out and there's no Erling Haaland in the City squad. As deputies go for the most prolific striker in world football, City certainly haven't got a bad one. This is a fixture that tends to bring the best out of Klopp's men and they beat City 1-0 at Anfield last October. 5 mins from kickoff: The ground is almost full but the atmosphere feels a little muted. "They can beat everyone, like we can beat everyone."

Every player to have played for Liverpool and Manchester City, including Mario Balotelli and Raheem Sterling.

The following season, Liverpool won the title by scoring 99 points, 18 points ahead of Pep Guardiola's men. A prime example of the extent of their rivalry is the 2018-19 season, when City won the league title by one point on the final day of the campaign by reaching 98 points, as compared to Liverpool's 97. Manchester City and Liverpool started truly competing for the Premier League title in the 2013-14 season, when City pipped Liverpool to the crown by two points on the final day of the season.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will miss Saturday's crunch Premier League game against Liverpool with a groin injury.

Life is risks and sometimes you have to take them. "The doctors and the player will decide if he feels good. He's scored a lot of goals, he's scored a lot, always we are a team to score a lot of goals in the season, this is what we try to do until the end of the season."

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has not been able to recover in time to feature against Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday.

[closing the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/arsenal-10-games-from-immortality-mikel-arteta-s-men-perfectly-placed-in-final-sprint-for-premier-league-glory/blt100597301fc21a9d) suffered a significant blow after their [top scorer](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/premier-league-top-scorers-2022-23/bltd2dba951587004f5) was deemed not fit enough to make the squad. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Not having Haaland available represents a blow although City still possess plenty of attacking firepower, spearheaded by World Cup winner Alvarez. [TOP STORY: Mbappe wants Madrid move in 2024](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/kylian-mbappe-real-madrid-2024-psg-free-transfer/blt7c9212ae115ec105)

Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool would not have won against Manchester City with an extra man on the field after they were comfortably beaten 4-1.

I'm so sorry." [Mohamed Salah](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah) before [Julian Alvarez](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/277206/julian-alvarez) equalised for City. I'm so sorry. If you want to get something here, 14 or 15 players have to be on top of their game and that was not the case." I am not sure we would have won against 10 men." "I didn't see it good enough," Klopp said.

Jürgen Klopp admitted Liverpool would have struggled to beat a 10-man Manchester City after his side's 4-1 defeat at the Etihad.

The Premier League added in a statement: “The Premier League condemns the chanting heard during today’s match between Manchester City and Liverpool. “‘You think it was a lack of respect?” he said. “We regret any offence these chants may have caused and will continue to work with supporters groups and officials from both clubs to eradicate hateful chanting from this fixture.” If you want to get something here 14 or 15 players have to be on top of their game and that was not the case. [Liverpool](https://www.theguardian.com/football/liverpool) players surrounding the referee, Simon Hooper, in the first half, wanting him to give Rodri a second booking for a foul. While Liverpool took the lead through Mohamed Salah, by half-time Julián Álvarez had equalised and after the break City took charge, as Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gündogan, and Jack Grealish scored to rout the visitors.

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool would still have lost against Manchester City on Saturday even if Rodri had been sent off for a foul on Cody Gakpo.

The home team went on to score three more goals in the second half, inflicting a third straight defeat on the Reds. The referee decided against sending the City star off, however, and the home team went on to win 4-1. Shortly after he was shown a yellow card, Rodri clashed with Gakpo and perhaps should have been given a second booking for pulling the Liverpool star down.

BBC Sport's chief football Phil McNulty reflects on Man City's 4-1 hammering of Liverpool in Premier League.

And perhaps they are displaying classic symptoms of a once great team on a downward curve. Virgil van Dijk is now vulnerable, the old invincibility long gone, while Trent Alexander-Arnold's flaws at right-back are not only well-chronicled but increasingly a concern for Liverpool. It is a sign of just how far two teams who have spent so long as each other's shadows have drifted apart that City did not struggle to find a way here, even stripped of Haaland. Klopp looked and sounded dejected in his post-match address. Etihad Stadium held its breath then rose in a giant roar as Grealish raced back to thwart Salah. He said he will recover but can the same be said of a Liverpool team clearly in decline, one that has suffered dreadful defeats by Bournemouth and Manchester City, with a Champions League exit to Real Madrid sandwiched in between, since they beat Manchester United 7-0?