ENGLAND CAPITAL ONE CUP FINAL : LIVERPOOL vs MANCHESTER CITY

Liverpool vs Manchester City preview: 

Liverpool and Manchester City meet in this season's Capital One Cup final at Wembley, with Jurgen Klopp's side looking to add to their record tally of title hauls in the competition on Sunday.

The Reds have won the League Cup a record eight times before - and secured two of those titles by beating City. 

The games between the two clubs have seen a flurry of goals in recent times, not least, the 4-1 win Liverpool managed at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season.

But despite City's struggles in the Premier League and the FA Cup recently, Manuel Pellegrini's side are likely to be motivated to try and salvage their campaign by beating Liverpool this weekend and come into the game on a high following their victory in the Champions League. 

Date, time and venue

Liverpool take on City at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 28 February at 4.30pm.

Last five matches

Manchester City 1 Liverpool 4 (21/11/2015)

Liverpool 2 Manchester City 1 (01/03/2015)

Manchester City 3 Liverpool 1 (25/08/2014)

Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 (13/04/2014)

Manchester City 2 Liverpool 1 (26/12/2013)

Team news and probable line ups

Liverpool boss Klopp will be without long term absentees Danny Ings and Joe Gomez for Sunday's final while Martin Skrtel (hamstring) will also miss out.

However, Joe Allen (hamstring), Adam Lallana (calf/shin) could feature dependant on their recovery from a hamstring and calf/shin problem respectively while Dejan Lovren could make the bench following a bout with illness. Jordan Rossiter could also be named in the matchday squad following a hamstring issue.

Meanwhile, Pellegrini could welcome back Wilfried Bony from a calf/shin injury, but Fabian Delph (calf/shin), Jesus Navas (hamstring), Kevin de Bruyne (knee) and Samir Nasri will not play due to their long-term issues.

Liverpool possible starting XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Kolo Toure, Sakho, Moreno, Milner, Henderson, Can, Coutinho, Firmino, Sturridge.

Manchester City possible starting XI: Hart, Sagna, Kompany, Otamendi, Clichy, Fernando, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Aguero. 

What they’re saying

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "It’s pretty easy because life makes the rules. If you think about the second step before you make the first step, you will always fall down. So there’s no other chance.

"We have to be fully concentrated and give everything for this game. If we think, for example, to leave this player out then for sure he will be injured in a training session. So it’s not allowed.

"We have to be fully concentrated on this game and then go to the next one. That’s how we select the team. The only other thing we have to think about is who is available?"

City centre-back Vincent Kompany: "It was a great result, especially away from home, and we couldn't have hoped for better," he said.

"We will take a lot of positives out of the game and it's a good start to a big week for us."

Prediction

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