And Higginbotham believes turning defence into attack in the blink of an eye is one of their best ways to beating Pep Guardiola’s side.
“Liverpool are probably the best counter-attacking team in Europe and will try to use it to devastating effect to take a giant step towards the title tonight,” Higginbotham wrote for The Sun.
“Jurgen Klopp will go back to 4-3-3, the formation I believe he prefers against teams who will dominate possession, which City will.
“The Reds can spring a break in an instant and it will be the task of City’s Brazilian holding player [Fernandinho] — one of the best in the business — to break it up.
“Liverpool’s pace will tear most teams in Europe apart and City need to make sure they keep it in check for 90 minutes if they want to stay in the title race.
Liverpool are unbeaten in the Premier League this season (Image: GETTY)
The pace of Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino is always a threat (Image: GETTY)
“If they get it wrong, expect to hear the commentator going from ‘City are on the attack’ to ‘Liverpool have scored’ in a heartbeat.”
Fernandinho and David Silva are set to return for Manchester City tonigt having missed recent games with injuries.
And Liverpool hero Phil Thompson believes that can give Guardiola a massive boost.
“Fernandinho and David Silva - I think they are so vital to how this Manchester City team plays,” Thompson said.
“Fernandinho is probably the best holding midfield player in Europe. I think he plays that role so well.
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