Arne Slot makes Pep Guardiola prediction as Liverpool aim to extend Man City's crisis

Manchester City are winless successful six arsenic they hole to instrumentality connected Premier League leaders Liverpool astatine Anfield but Reds brag Arne Slot isn't penning disconnected Pep Guardiola

Arne Slot has backed Pep Guardiola to crook things astir astatine Manchester City contempt the reigning Premier League champions going six games without a win.

Guardiola and City person won the Premier League successful each of the past 4 seasons, with their 2022-23 triumph portion of a Treble. They person enactment to bash if they're to marque it 5 connected the spin, though, and decision astatine Liverpool connected Sunday would permission them 11 points adrift of Slot's men.

The reigning champions person mislaid each of their past 3 successful the league, with the existent tally besides including a Carabao Cup elimination by Tottenham and a 4-1 Champions League nonaccomplishment astatine Sporting CP. They looked acceptable for a archetypal triumph successful a period erstwhile they opened up a 3-0 pb implicit Slot's erstwhile nine Feyenoord connected Tuesday, only for the Dutch broadside to snatch a draw.

They inactive beryllium 2nd arsenic they hole to spell to Anfield, though Liverpool are runaway leaders with 31 points from a imaginable 36. Slot's squad besides person 18 from 18 successful Europe, but helium was successful nary temper to constitute disconnected his other fig up of Sunday's meeting.

"I don't deliberation anyone successful past 8 oregon 9 years oregon possibly adjacent longer would person said City astatine location oregon distant -- the connection casual comes to mind," Slot told reporters astatine a property league connected Thursday. "I cognize everyone looks astatine their results but if you look them, and that is what we do, you analyse it.

"Against Brighton, they were 1-0 up, could person scored 2 oregon 3 and didn't and past got bushed 2-1. Against Tottenham, they could person been aft 20 minutes 2 oregon 3 goals up. Against Feyenoord, that has not happened galore times. They were 3-0 up, wholly dominated the crippled and it ended up 3-3.

"They are inactive a very, very, precise bully squad and 1 of the reasons wherefore I deliberation Pep Guardiola is the champion manager successful the world is helium ever comes up with solutions for his problems. His occupation present mightiness beryllium that Rodri is retired but we each cognize that helium volition travel up with a solution and their tally of signifier volition spell again. Hopefully it is aft Sunday."

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City and Liverpool drew some league meetings past season. Trent Alexander-Arnold's equaliser earned the Reds a constituent astatine the Etihad Stadium successful November 2023, with Alexis Mac Allister scoring the Reds' leveller astatine Anfield successful March.

Mac Allister was besides connected people successful Liverpool's astir caller Champions League match, opening the scoring successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Real Madrid. Cody Gakpo scored the second, with some teams missing penalties successful between.

"It was a phenomenal atmosphere, we cognize these Champions League nights nether the lights, they [the fans] ever measurement up, they ever produce, and we’re going to request that again connected Sunday," Reds defender Andy Robertson said aft the midweek win. "We request it successful each azygous game, that’s the thing, but we cognize they respond disconnected america truthful it’s up to america to acceptable that code to make that ambiance and if we bash that past hopefully we tin person different peculiar night."

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