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Manchester City take on Liverpool on Sunday in their biggest Premier League game of the season.
Pep Guardiola's side head to Anfield just a point shy of the league leaders but know that they will have to be at their best at a ground where they have a wretched record, against a club doing everything they can to give Jurgen Klopp the perfect send-off. There is also Arsenal to consider, with Mikel Arteta's side able to take top spot on Saturday if they can beat Brentford.
City will have to get plenty right if they are see their luck turn against Liverpool and strike a significant blow in the race for the title. Here are the areas that could prove decisive.
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Jurgen Klopp will surely usher Mo Salah back into his starting lineup for this match after bringing the Egyptian back slowly from his recent injury. In the same way that City have protected Kevin De Bruyne, Salah has to be primed for the biggest games.
City have suffered many times before at the hands of Liverpool's talisman, although Nathan Ake has emerged as a credible option to stop the best wide forwards in the game. He defended brilliantly against him in the return fixture, and also popped up at the other end to make a goal for Erling Haaland.
Ake is Mr Reliable for City and could be the key to stopping Salah.
Guardiola would surely have wished that Trent Alexander-Arnold could have taken up right-back duties after his recent comments, but Liverpool have not missed their roving defender too much because Bradley has impressed so much.
Phil Foden or Bernardo Silva are most likely to end up against Bradley, or – as
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