“The keeper Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah.
“The rest, I think, they can just about cope with, maybe Andy Robertson could be factored into that as well.
“I watch Van Dijk, this is when I’ve always been an advocate on this podcast that ‘Man City will win the league, Man City will win the league, Man City will win the league.’
“I watched them [Liverpool] play just before Xmas against Wolves and they won 2-0 and they won comfortably, and the manner of that performance made me think, ‘Wow, they really have a chance here.’
Virgil van Dijk has been impressed during his first year at Liverpool (Image: GETTY)
“They were so comfortable in possession and out of possession as well. The way they controlled that game was a title-winning team.”
City captain Vincent Kompany has insisted their hopes of retaining the Premier League title will not be over even if they lose to leaders Liverpool.
City came from behind to overhaul rivals Manchester United and win the title in 2011-12 season, even though they were eight points behind after 32 games.
"It's easy for everybody to assume that everything rests on this game," Kompany said.
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Alisson has conceded just eight goals in 20 Premier League games (Image: GETTY)
"I'm probably one of the only ones that disagrees, for the simple fact that we only had three games that we were below standard.
"When you are 10 points behind... if there are not many teams between you and first, it only takes one team to start having a bad month and you will be back in.”
Having been nip and tuck with Jurgen Klopp's side throughout the first three months of the season, City suffered an unexpected wobble with defeats by Crystal Palace and Leicester.
City did get back to winning ways against Southampton last weekend but were not entirely convincing while Liverpool completed a month in which they won all eight games with a brilliant 5-1 crushing of Arsenal.
Mo Salah has scored 13 Premier League goals this season (Image: GETTY)
Guardiola said: "If we lose, it will be because they're better and we were poorer than them. But I don't have the feeling the players don't have confidence. They know exactly what they have to do."
Klopp has been described as Guardiola's Kryptonite, and Liverpool have won three of the last four meetings between the sides, although City did win last season's home Premier League game 5-0.
Guardiola insisted he enjoys taking on Klopp's teams, saying: "It's an incredible pleasure. I'm a manager to play these kind of games to see what we can do on the big stage with a lot of people supporting us in our stadium.
"It's a dream to play these kind of games. It's when I'm most calm, more relaxed. I know the players have the responsibility and will give the best performance they can."