The last dance: Legendary coaches face off for final time in Premier League’s greatest clash

Manchester City and Liverpool.

Premier League clashes – or any sporting match for that matter – don’t get much bigger than this.

There are 11 rounds remaining in the league, but you get the feeling that this weekend’s match could prove crucial to deciding who lists the trophy. The fixture has certainly done so in the past.

As Manchester City star Phil Foden put it simply this week: “It’s massive … It’s games we want to play in, the biggest games and the biggest occasions, so hopefully, we will be ready for it.”

City defender Manuel Akanji said: “It definitely will be massive. The winner will go to the top of the league. I don’t want to talk about the title race but it would be a big win for us.”

City are the reigning Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup winners. This year, they’ve already won the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup – meaning they hold five titles simultaneously.

It is hard to argue that there is a better team in world football.

Former 296-game Man City player Richard Dunne said after their 3-1 win over FC Copenhagen today booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals: “Match them up against any team in Europe and I just think they’re better than them!”

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Close behind them, though, are the Reds. Last season saw them slump to a fifth-place finish in the league, some 22 points behind City, meaning for the first time in six years they aren’t in the Champions League this campaign.

Yet Liverpool have already won the League Cup after beating Chelsea just a couple of weeks ago, and are alive in the Europa League, FA Cup, and of course