When these two sides played at this stage last season, it was Manchester City trying to bridge the gap.
This season hasn’t been as kind to Liverpool, but in recent weeks they’ve shown glimpses of the side we all admired last season.
This improvement in form has seen them come within a hair of a Champions League place.
Thanks to Dejan’s Lovern’s penalty miss against Besiktas on Thursday, they don’t have to worry about Europa League any more either.
But they’ll probably have to wait another week before they continue their surge into the top four.
City have won their last two games in the league, scoring 9 goals in the process. Not to mention, they’ll have Yaya Touré back after his suspension saw him miss their midweek loss against Barcelona.
The mental and physical tiredness that goes along with playing 120 minutes and losing on penalties also makes Liverpool’s task that much harder.
They’ll probably have to face a Wilfried Bony making his first start as well.
We’re backing Bony to get the first and City to win 0-2.