Thursday’s boxing day encounter at the Etihad stadium brings two high flying sides Liverpool and Manchester City together on what will surely be the match to watch out for. After Arsenal’s frustrating draw against Chelsea, the onus will now be on the Reds from Merseyside on whether they can consolidate their pole position at the top of the table. However the Reds run into a swashbuckling City side who are brimming with confidence by each passing game and talking about form, they look ominous. The Citizens have buried just about everyone on their trail but Liverpool would be an entirely different challenge on Thursday night post the festive Christmas period.
Brendan Rodgers’ team go into the feisty clash full of confidence and the way the talismanic striker Uruguayan Luis Suarez is playing at this moment, it would send shivers down the spine of any opposition. Liverpool still miss Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge through injuries with John Flannangan also looking like to have picked a hamstring and is perhaps set to miss out. Jose Enrique is still out and Liverpool will perhaps play a makeshift defence and tinker a bit with their formation to get at least something from the match.
So what would Liverpool’s best starting line up be when they take the pitch against the Citizens on a chilly Thursday night. We here at Soccersouls have the answer: