For me there is no question which one of these is the better team on normal circumstances, but today we are very far regular at either camp because of Qatar 2022, and especially City are a far cry from what they could be. I have always said that it does not matter who is absent and who is away and still also City can field a decent lineup, but compared to Liverpool I have to say the better team on paper will be City!
A closer look at the absentees at the bottom of the article.
City are 5 points behind Arsenal in the league, and their eyes will be fully on league until Champion's league continues. Liverpool are already 15 points behind, and forget about dreaming of league success, but can concentrate on other competitions like this. The season so far has not been good, but there have been glimpses of good old Liverpool at times. During the break Liverpool played two friendlies in Dubai with mixed lineups and results and should be considered as much information, yet I have to say they won over AC Milan by 4-1 in a match where Nunez scored twice and Salah once.
City! Argenitinian Julián Álvarez is naturally out. Nathan Aké, Aymeric Laporte, Manuel Akanji, Rodri, Ederson, Kyle Walker, Phil Foden, John Stones, Jack Grealish, Kalvin Phillips, Rúben Dias, Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo all are doubts. Aké, Rodri and Akanji however have returned to team trainings sessions. On a positive note, De Bruyne ja Ilkay Gündogan are well rested because of Germany and Belgium were out of competition early.
And there is Haaland who has spent lot of time during his break at Marbella, but did play and score v Girona in the only friendly City played.
Liverpool miss Ibrahima Konaté, Diogo Jota, Arthur Melo and Luis Díaz most likely. Also some of the Qatar 2022 players like Virgil van Dijk Alisson, Fabinho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jordan Henderson may or may not feature.
Yet all in all in this situation there is so much more depth in the Liverpool squad, even motivation, that could they even be considered as favorites here?
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对我来说，在正常情况下，这两支球队中哪一支更强是毫无疑问的，但今天我们在这两个阵营中都很稳定，因为2022年卡塔尔世界杯，尤其是曼城的表现与他们本应达到的水平相去甚远。我总是说，谁缺席谁离开都不重要，曼城仍然可以派出一个像样的阵容，但与利物浦相比，我不得不说纸面上更好的球队将是曼城!
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曼城在联赛中落后阿森纳5分，他们的目光将完全集中在联赛上，直到冠军联赛继续。利物浦已经落后了15分，不要再想着联赛的成功了，他们可以集中精力参加其他类似的比赛。到目前为止，这个赛季还不太好，但是我们偶尔也能看到昔日利物浦的风采。在中场休息期间，利物浦在迪拜进行了两场友谊赛，阵容和结果都很复杂，应该被认为是很多信息，但我不得不说他们以4-1战胜了AC米兰，这场比赛努涅斯梅开二度，萨拉赫一球。
城市!阿根廷Julián Álvarez自然就过时了。内森Aké，艾梅里克·拉波特，曼努埃尔·阿坎吉，罗德里，埃德森，凯尔·沃克，菲尔·福登，约翰·斯通斯，杰克·格里利什，卡尔文·菲利普斯，Rúben迪亚斯，贝尔纳多·席尔瓦和João坎塞洛都是疑点。Aké，罗德里和阿坎吉已经回到了球队的训练课程。从积极的方面来看，德布鲁因和伊尔凯Gündogan休息得很好，因为德国和比利时早早就退出了比赛。
还有哈兰德，他在马贝拉休息期间花了很多时间，但在曼城唯一一场友谊赛中出场并进球。
利物浦想念伊布Konaté，迭戈·约塔，亚瑟·梅罗和路易斯Díaz最有可能。此外，2022年卡塔尔世界杯的一些球员，如维吉尔·范迪克·阿利松、法比尼奥、特伦特·亚历山大-阿诺德和乔丹·亨德森，可能会也可能不会出现。
然而，总的来说，在这种情况下，利物浦的阵容更有深度，甚至更有动力，他们甚至可以被认为是最受欢迎的球队吗?
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