Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp will do battle once again as Manchester City travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool today, but the stakes will feel different than in recent years.

While Man City are battling for the top spot in the Premier League table, Liverpool is floundering, struggling with a lethal combination of injuries and poor form.

These two legendary managers have taken their lumps from the other in the past, but the expectations for this Premier League meeting have a one-sided feel.

Erling Haaland is in staggering goalscoring form, with an astonishing 15 goals through the first nine Premier League games of the season.

He is on pace not only to shatter Mohamed Salah’s Premier League single-season goalscoring record of 32 but on this current pace he would squeak past the all-time single-season English top-flight goalscoring record that has stood since the 1920s.

The question of whether Liverpool can achieve an upset at Anfield will start with whether Jurgen Klopp can devise a tactical approach that keeps Haaland off the scoresheet, otherwise, Liverpool will find themselves in a shootout they may not have the firepower to withstand.

Man City are second in the league, just a point behind leaders Arsenal. Liverpool, meanwhile, sits 11th in the league table, without a win in their last three league games.

They were beaten by leaders Arsenal last time out, down by a 76th-minute Bukayo Saka penalty. Prior to that, draws with Brighton (3-3) and Everton (0-0) were equally disappointing.

On the flip side, City has won every league game this season save for a pair of draws against Aston Villa (1-1) and Newcastle (3-3), with all seven of their league wins coming by multiple goals. (The Guardian)