Sport| On Saturday night Liverpool scrambled to a 3-2 victory over Newcastle at St James Park to go two points clear of City thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk (13th), Mohamed Salah (28th) and Divock Origi (86th).
However, on Saturday night they scrambled to a 3-2 victory over Newcastle at St James Park to go two points clear of City thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk , Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi .Liverpool has 94 points from 37 matches while City are on 92 with a game in hand.
Rodgers, whose side achieved an excellent 3-0 victory against Arsenal in their last outing, has been giving some of the inexperienced players a chance to get some match time. “We respect that it will be a tough game for us, but we have a game and a model that can beat any team. Our players are improving all the time; we know we have to defend very well, be strong, be aggressive, be compact. But we have speed and can be incisive to make the last pass,” he said. “The importance is to ensure we defend well and are aggressive, and then show qualities when we have the ball.
His City counterpart, Pep Guardiola, who could be without influential Brazilian Fernandinho, as well as Kevin De Bruyne, is confident that the Citizens will not slip up in the title race.
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