Man City vs Liverpool LIVE: Prediction, team news and line-ups from FA Cup quarter-final

Slot confirmed on Friday that first-choice keeper Alisson is likely to be sidelined for several weeks with a muscle problem, with Giorgi Mamardashvili to replace him, and Jeremie Frimpong is a doubt due to injury. But Alexander Isak could make his first appearance since breaking his leg in December and Mohamed Salah is fit and available.

Possible line-up: Mamardashvili; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike

Man City will be without the injured Josko Gvardiol, and John Stones and Ruben Dias are set to be assessed before the game. Marc Guehi was ineligible for the Carabao Cup final but is available and expected to start, while James Trafford is expected to be favoured between the sticks ahead of Gianluigi Donnarumma, as he was in the Carabao Cup final.

Possible line-up: Trafford; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri; Bernardo, Rodri, O’Reilly; Semenyo, Haaland, Cherki

After nine years, 435 appearances and 255 goals, Mohamed Salah will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. The 33-year-old made the announcement during the international break after Liverpool agreed to cancel his two-year contract signed after the Reds were crowned Premier League champions.

Salah was unable to join up with Egypt over the international break – having also missed Liverpool’s trip to Brighton due to a muscle injury picked up in the Champions League victory over Galatasaray – but Liverpool are hopeful that he could be fit to begin his farewell tour at the Etihad. Salah will be determined to finish his final season at Liverpool with a trophy, either in the FA Cup or Champions League.

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Pep Guardiola became the first manager in English League Cup history to lift the trophy five times as Manchester City defeated Arsenal 2-0 to win the Carabao Cup final at Wembley in a victory that could have also landed a blow in the title race.

City will begin to try to hunt Arsenal down after ending what was an unprecedented quadruple bid for the Gunners, while progress this weekend could set up another clash with Mikel Arteta’s side if they are drawn together in the FA Cup semi-finals.

With an FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester City and a Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain to come this fortnight, it’s fair Liverpool’s season could come down to this upcoming stretch of games.

Defeat today followed by a Champions League exit to the holders later in the month would increase the pressure on Arne Slot, leaving the Premier League champions battling for a top-five finish to salvage anything from their campaign. That may not be good enough, either, given Liverpool’s investment at the start of the season.

Manchester City and Liverpool renew their rivalry in a FA Cup quarter-final that could be defining for both as we enter the decisive stretch of the season.

Pep Guardiola’s side will want more silverware after beating Arsenal to win the Carabao Cup and they would take a big step closer to a domestic treble if they get past the Reds today.

But it’s arguably a bigger test for Liverpool and the under-fire Arne Slot, with the Reds out of the title race picture and their hopes of winning silverware down to the FA Cup and Champions League.