Liverpool vs Manchester City: Premier League match preview
Liverpool could end Manchester City's hopes of winning the Premier League title this season if they beat Pep Guardiola's side at the Etihad this afternoon. That's according to Roy Keane who thinks City will find it tough to come back if they lose to the champions.
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City are currently five points behind Liverpool and a loss would leave them eight adrift.
Keane thinks that would be a step too far for Guardiola's side to overhaul even at this early stage of the season.
Liverpool have impressed again this campaign despite the loss of Virgil van Dijk.
The Dutch defender has undergone knee surgery and is expected to remain sidelined for the majority of the remainder of the season.
Meanwhile, Kyle Walker is determined to stop Liverpool in their tracks.
He has underlined just how difficult it is to retain the Premier League the season after you become champions.
"Liverpool are the team that own the Premier League title," Walker told the Daily Mail.
"They are the team that have got the red ribbons on it and they wear the gold lion on the sleeve. They rightfully have that.
"We were the first team to retain the title for a decade and we know that it's hard, once you've won it, to go again. But they seem up for the challenge.
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Liverpool are looking to retain the Premier League title (Image: EXPRESS)
"Liverpool were deserved winners last year. Watching them, you just knew they were going to win every game.
"It was just a question of how many and who was going to score, which was frustrating when you were trying to catch them, I can assure you of that.
"Liverpool are a fantastic team with good players in good areas but do I feel they're unbeatable? No. We proved that last season when they came to the Etihad after the lockdown and we played them off the park, I believe.
"It's going to be a massive game on Sunday. It's bragging rights, to send a marker out there to the other teams: we are here now and we mean business."
The match between City and Liverpool kicks off at 4.30pm.