The latest instalment of the Manchester City-Liverpool battle for supremacy takes place at the Etihad on Thursday evening, as the English powerhouses lock horns in the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

Pep Guardiola's charges dumped Chelsea out of the tournament to advance to the fourth round, while the Reds needed penalties to see off Derby County in round three.

Match preview


The EFL Cup has been something of a customary prize for Guardiola since the Catalan coach touched down in Manchester, but the English champions have bigger fish to fry as they endeavour to dethrone surprise package Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table.

The City boss surely feels a slight sense of pride at watching his former protege Mikel Arteta dominate the Premier League landscape in the past few months, as Man City resume domestic duties sat five points behind Arsenal in the standings following their dramatic late loss to Brentford.

Only three days had passed between their 2-0 EFL Cup third-round success over Chelsea and the Ivan Toney-inflicted nightmare at the Etihad, and Guardiola's depleted side have only tested their mettle in one winter friendly - beating Girona 2-0 thanks to goals from Erling Braut Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.

Haaland and De Bruyne are once again set to be the standout names in a largely unrecognisable Man City squad, with Guardiola claiming that his side can only call upon "four or five" senior players as their World Cup contingent return in dribs and drabs.

Winners of the EFL Cup four years in a row between 2018 and 2021, Man City were memorably dumped out of the tournament on penalties by West Ham United in the fourth round last year, and their Merseyside opponents have already proven their penalty-kick prowess in this year's edition.

Liverpool.

They won kee this players ...no single rest from just concluded WC

Man City to win 100%

Zenzu01:
Man City to win 100%

See mumu Liverpool wil crush this fuckers like seriously quote me

Liverpool

Na Liverpool I support

Last time it was liverpool, let's see how it goes tonight.

As far as I know they are my younger siblings..


Hey!....






I'm arsenal

Halaand will show dem pepper

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Una don resume

Following...

Liverpool all the way
We will never walk alone

Arsenal win demolish them both later in the league.

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man City

Mancity 5

Liverpool 1

It's a win for Liverpool tonight.
YNWA!

OGwales:
If Manchester City no win. I will use 30k do give away, this I have promised. But if Manchester City win I will hold unto my money.

Manchester City 100%

Bro, I don quote you o.

But I think the game is going to be a draw ft.

Y.N.W.A

I don't know how the lineup will look like, but betting against Liverpool may be the same as fetching water inside a tomato basket. Most city players are just arriving from Qatar.

Dias, Ake, Stones, Cancelo, B.Silva, Phoden, Grealish etc.

Most Liverpool players on the other hand didn't go to Qatar.

See match

Imstrong2:
They won kee this players ...no single rest from just concluded WC

Do you know how much they earn?

Kentuforchrist:
Mancity 5

Liverpool 1

Okan eh onibale

I will always wanted to watch Haaland and darwin go head to head

Van dijk is absent.

Mancity to win both halves.

OGwales:
If Manchester City no win. I will use 30k do give away, this I have promised. But if Manchester City win I will hold unto my money.

Manchester City 100%

am with you on this

Omo make Liverpool please win this game o

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Make una allow us recover from WC hangover na.