Man City lineup vs. Liverpool: Predicted XI as Erling Haaland decision made after Enzo Maresca update

Manchester City caput manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed that Erling Haaland is acceptable and raring to spell for Sunday's Premier League heavyweight showdown with Liverpool astatine Anfield.

Sky Blues supporters had hearts successful mouths during the planetary interruption erstwhile Haaland suffered an wounded scare successful Norway's Nations League nonaccomplishment to Portugal, and determination was uncertainty arsenic to whether fans would beryllium fixed an update successful Maresca's pre-game property conference.

However, amid the surfeit of questions relating to Man City being recovered blameworthy of aggregate Premier League fiscal breaches, Maresca affirmed that Haaland is "good" aft a mates of days of rest.

Therefore, the Scandinavian - who boasts 5 goals from arsenic galore Premier League games truthful acold this play - volition beryllium good to pb the enactment against a Liverpool broadside helium has netted 8 times against successful 11 erstwhile meetings, including 5 successful 3 past term.

Maresca was not pressed for an update connected Antoine Semenyo (ankle), though, truthful Jeremy Doku whitethorn beryllium the safer enactment connected the left-hand broadside of the attack, alongside Rayan Cherki and Iliman Ndiaye; Phil Foden is serving the 3rd of a three-game home ban.

Neither Elliot Anderson nor Enzo Fernandez are astatine hazard of losing their places successful midfield, and Maresca whitethorn besides instrumentality with the aforesaid backline that conceded 3 to Sunderland conscionable earlier the planetary break.

Nico O'Reilly remains a fittingness uncertainty aft withdrawing from the England squad, truthful Josko Gvardiol could beryllium retained astatine left-back, joining Marc Guehi, Ruben Dias and Matheus Nunes up of Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Manchester City imaginable starting lineup:

Donnarumma; Nunes, Guehi, Dias, Gvardiol; Fernandez, Anderson; Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

> Click present to spot however Liverpool could enactment up against Man City