Jamie Carragher lists five Liverpool line up changes he expects to see vs Man City

Liverpool: Klopp makes title race admission

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has named five changes that Reds boss Jurgen Klopp could make for their crunch game against Manchester City on Sunday. Liverpool are currently seven points behind the league leaders and will be looking to cut that lead to four when they host Pep Guardiola’s side at Anfield.

Carragher believes Liverpool could make five changes from the team which were defeated 1-0 by Brighton on Wednesday, with players returning from injury.

Speaking on Sky Sports’ Pitch to Post Preview Podcast, Carragher said that he expects Alisson, Fabinho and Sadio Mane to return, while new signing Ozan Kabak could start in defence and allow Jordan Henderson to return to midfield.

“There are no secrets with how Liverpool play, they have caused City huge problems before,” he said.

“Guardiola has said this Liverpool team is the toughest he’s played against maybe in his managerial career.

JUST IN: New Liverpool signing Ozan Kabak shows off in training before Man City

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

“It’s not the Liverpool team we’ve seen in the last couple of years, but it will be different to what we saw against Brighton.

“I expect Alisson to be back, Fabinho could be back at centre-back, maybe the new centre-back Ozan Kabak plays with Jordan Henderson playing in midfield, and I think Sadio Mane will be back.

“If that is the case, it would feel like Liverpool had half of their team back, so that would be a lot stronger proposition and I think Liverpool will give City a really good game, I really do.

“Let’s not forget, this is a different City with no Sergio Aguero or Kevin De Bruyne, and this season has been all about keeping clean sheets.

DON’T MISS
Liverpool already have solution to solve issues arriving this summer
Liverpool boss Klopp makes title admission amid four-player boost
Liverpool may need to copy Eden Hazard’s Chelsea exit to sign Mbappe

“Liverpool have been struggling to score goals against certain types of teams, but I wouldn’t class City as one of them. City aren’t a defensive team, they are very good defensively, that’s a big difference.”

Carragher also claimed that Liverpool need to focus on securing a top-four finish rather than defending their Premier League crown, adding: “Andy Robertson has come out and said Liverpool aren’t in the title race, and I think that is the right way to look at it at the moment.

“Liverpool have to be looking at the top four positions, and to say the obvious, take each game as it comes because the form is so down.

“There are so many changes to the team that you are never quite sure what it’s going to be. Alisson was out at the last minute against Brighton and Liverpool are still waiting for players to come back.

“So I think from now, if you were to offer Liverpool a top-four finish they would take that and shake on it. That should be the mindset for Liverpool because that is what they are aiming for at the moment.

“If they could get back into the title race – and, to do that, they would have to beat City on Sunday – you could maybe see where they are with seven or eight games to go. Hopefully from Liverpool’s perspective, City could have some sort of drop.

“The run City are on at the moment is out of this world. It’s impossible to keep that going, City cannot win every single game so I would expect them to drop points at some stage.

“But the problem for Liverpool is that the gap is too big – and it certainly will be if they fail to win at Anfield.”

Source: Read Full Article