Community Shield: Liverpool vs Manchester City live
Preview
The resumption of English football always start with the Community Shield fixture; today, the Premier League Champions Manchester City, will be facing the FA Cup winners, Liverpool at the King Power Stadium at 16:00 GMT.
Liverpool will not have their first choice goalkeeper Alisson available for this game as well as Diogo Jota. Both players have been ruled out. The Reds however have an exciting squad to field for this Community Shield fixture. their preseason tour has been exciting, despite losing two of their games. All the wins Liverpool recorded during their friendlies were huge wins, which means we could be getting a lot of exciting results from them this season.
Manchester City on the other hand will be without Aymeric Laporte who has been ruled out due to injury. Despite the departure of Raheem Sterling to Chelsea, City still have a strong side to field, including their sensational summer signing Erling Haaland. It is without doubt that most of the attention will be on the young striker, so let us see if he will be able to deliver.
Head-to-head
The last time both Liverpool and City faced off in the Community Shield was in August 2019 where the game ended 1-1 at full-time; Manchester City went on to beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to win the trophy. In their past five meetings, both teams have recorded a win each, with the remaining three ending in a draw.
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Prediction
This is going to be an exciting game; both teams have bolstered their attacks this summer and eyes will be on the two strikers to deliver in this game, thus Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland. Both teams showed great performances during their preseason tour, will they be a able to replicate an even better performance today?
Both teams have a fairly equal chance of winning this fixture at least, we can be in for a seriously entertaining match.
Line up
Liverpool XI: Adrian; Arnold, Robertson, Matip, Van Dijk; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Firmino, Diaz
Manchester City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Walker, Dias, Ake; Silva, De Bruyne, Rodri; Grealish, Mahrez, Haaland
