Pep Guardiola is going through a very big problem for this match, Manchester City had 16 players from the first team participating in the World Cup, players are returning little by little, Rodri, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji returned to training on Tuesday. City's three Portuguese players and five English representatives weren't in training on Tuesday. If the coach wants all the players they could be available for this game despite the short time they had in the team, but on the 26th there is a very important game for the championship and that game should be more important because they are in 2nd place with 5 points less than Arsenal and Leeds is always a dangerous rival.

Pep Guardiola criticized the schedule and said that this game should not be played now because of the players who were in the World Cup.

Julian Álvarez is not playing for sure and some other players should not play but that is up to the coach but i think the team will not be very different from the one that played in the friendly game against Girona but there will be some players in the 11 that were in the championship of the World, mainly Spanish players.

Very important game for the Liverpool team because in the championship it is very bad, they are in 6th place with 15 points less than Arsenal and are already out of the fight for the title of champion. This competition has gained importance for this team and coach Jurgen Klopp has practically the team at full strength in addition to the long-term injured Diaz and Diogo Jota. Konaté should not play because he was in the final of the World Cup.

In my opinion, this break will benefit the Liverpool team because they started the season very badly and it may be that they are now able to gain stability and fight for the titles they misses in other competitions.

The lack of pace of some players could hurt this game a little and make it a little slower than normal and less intense. Manchester City players should not want to get injured because they have very important games on Boxing Day and their main objective is the championship and winning the Champions League, this competition is in the background but even so, coach Pep Guardiola should present a very strong team. Liverpool is the opposite, this game is very important because it's a trophy they can win, which depends only on them. If Liverpool makes a good performance and takes advantage of the opportunities it will have, it has a strong chance of being successful in this game.

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瓜迪奥拉在这场比赛中遇到了一个非常大的问题，曼城有16名一线队球员参加了世界杯，球员们正在一点点回归，罗德里，拉波特，内森·阿克和曼努埃尔·阿坎吉在周二恢复了训练。曼城的三名葡萄牙球员和五名英国球员周二没有参加训练。如果教练希望所有球员都能上场，尽管他们在球队的时间很短，但在26号有一场非常重要的比赛，这场比赛应该更重要，因为他们比阿森纳少5分，排在第二，利兹联一直是一个危险的对手。

瓜迪奥拉批评了赛程，并表示这场比赛现在不应该进行，因为这些球员都参加了世界杯。

朱利安Álvarez肯定没有上场，其他一些球员应该不会上场，但这取决于教练，但我认为这支球队与对阵赫罗纳的友谊赛没有太大的不同，但11人中会有一些球员参加过世锦赛，主要是西班牙球员。

这对利物浦来说是非常重要的一场比赛，因为在英冠联赛中，情况非常糟糕，他们以比阿森纳少15分的成绩排在第六位，已经失去了争夺冠军的机会。这场比赛对这支球队来说变得越来越重要，除了长期受伤的迪亚兹和迪奥戈·约塔，主教练尤尔根·克洛普实际上已经让球队全员出动。Konaté不应该上场，因为他参加了世界杯的决赛。

在我看来，这次休息将对利物浦有利，因为他们本赛季开局非常糟糕，也许他们现在能够获得稳定，并为他们在其他比赛中错过的冠军而战。

一些球员缺乏节奏可能会对比赛造成一些影响，使比赛比正常情况下慢一些，也不那么激烈。曼城球员不希望受伤，因为他们在节礼日有非常重要的比赛，他们的主要目标是冠军和赢得欧冠冠军，这场比赛只是背景，但即使如此，主教练瓜迪奥拉也应该展示一支非常强大的球队。利物浦则相反，这场比赛非常重要，因为这是一个他们可以赢得的奖杯，这只取决于他们自己。如果利物浦表现良好，并充分利用机会，那么在这场比赛中，利物浦很有可能取得成功。