Tonight's Premier League top game Liverpool visits Manchester City, this is about this season's Premier League champions, Liverpool's most favorable place at present is that there is no injury in the squad and Manchester City injured the centre-back Reuben Díaz, but in recent training can not shoot Roberto Firmino's figure makes Liverpool fans worried that he is missing this battle due to injury, but Liverpool now has 5 top strikers available, Roberto Firmino is really absent as well as Salah, Mane, Luis Díaz and Diogo Jota, Who Klopp will start this battle or when he will change the lineup is worth savoring. Since Klopp also said at the pre-match press conference that this battle can be FULL TEAM, we should be Roberto Firmino can be among the choices, the strong midfield trio is easier to line up, captain Jordan Henderson, back Fabinho and Thiago seem to be the inevitable start of this battle, the defensive four must be Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk and Andrew Robertson, but there are indeed different combinations for Klopp to choose from.
1. Targeted selection: speed type three arrows (Dias, Mane, Salah)
Last week's Champions League quarter-finals first-time co-operative Benfica's three arrows, Salah and Díaz, two speed wingers can take turns pulling the edge left and right, allowing the left and right full-backs to cut in the half space position to do the attack, so the arrangement is the most test of the integrity and tightness of Manchester City's defense, because they have to defend at all times, normal Manchester City has a good chance to use Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Jack Greesh or Phil Foden as right-wingers, and the four are Bernardo Silva and Jack Ferdinand. Grelich's ability to defend was high, but Phil Foden had a good chance of being a positive arrow. Even if Bernardo Silva and Jack Grelich have some rebound ability, it will be difficult to go up and down with Arnold and Andrew Robertson, and Liverpool should be able to have an advantage in physical fitness.
Salah is in poor shape but two personal breakthroughs in the first leg have caused Canselo to lose, and it is very stressful to face him again this battle. As for Kyle Walker on the left side against Díaz will be the focus of this battle, facing Díaz's aggressive kick Kyle Walker is easy to make mistakes, even if the loss of the penalty outside the box is Liverpool's golden goal opportunity, and Klopp has a good chance of changing sides in 60 minutes, even if there are five major forwards in the hand Dias play for 60 minutes and then change into Jota, Kyle Walker's chances of losing are quite high. The trio have played together 4 times in 4 starts to win 3 and draw 1 (90 minutes of the League Cup draw with Chelsea).
2. Klopp Favorite: Midfield Rush (Mane, Roberto Firmino, Salah)
The veteran trident attacking combination is also the confidence choice of Klopp's strong battle, the three of them after years of cooperation although older but the ability to press is still top-notch, by Roberto Firmino as the leader of the center to do the pressing is still higher than Mane or Jota, Manchester City's strongest must be the midfield trio, because they use the frontless forward trio from time to time to return to the midfield cross position and create numerical advantages, Liverpool can easily lose the midfield, so Klopp used Roberto Lopez. Firmino's words will often return to the back midfield to do a series and force into a four-man midfielder to reduce the pressure on Manchester City's overload midfield, which is also a must for the soldiers in this battle. And Mane faced Kyle Walker, the two have won and lost each other many times, the two are equally old and the speed is also falling and there is no gap between strength and weakness, the first half first uses Mane to exchange for Dias in the second half, perhaps Kyle Walker will not adapt to the difference between the speed of the two for a while and lose, which may also be one of the strategies available to Klopp.
3. Rotation arrangement: Shooter type combination (Manet, Jota, Salah)
If Díaz played the whole game in midweek and the other four had a stay, if Klopp wanted to use Dias as the starting point for Benfica in the second leg of the Champions League, there was a great chance to retire to the bench this battle, if Roberto Firmino was injured and could not start, it was no big problem to play the center forward with Huirotta, Roberto Firmino was injured many times at the beginning of the season by three people, and Salah was able to score goals in a bigger outbreak at that time, plus the three were the most confident strikers in Liverpool's squad, and they have scored 12 in the league this season. With 14 and 20 goals, the trio alone have scored a total of 46 goals, accounting for 60% of the league goals, and it is not impossible to take the lead with the super certainty of the three.
4. Surprise: Counter-attack away (Jota, Roberto Firmino, Salah)
Liverpool this season away to Manchester United to win 5-0, Klopp is the use of Jota + Firmino matching, Jota and Roberto Firmino mostly rotated out, January Africa Cup Salah and Mane absent, only by Jota and Roberto Firmino survived February, the two started at the same time this season the result is 8 wins and 1 draw, only in the League Cup home against Arsenal 0-0, the cooperation effect is surprisingly excellent. From the visit to Manchester United in the first battle, the two cooperated on the front line to force the effect of doubled, Manchester City today with Stones and Laporte town to defend the middle road, the degree of stability is only average, Klopp with Firmino + Jota to attack or have unexpected gains, it should be known that the strong and powerful battle has always looked at that team in defense first to make mistakes, this point Klopp should be very clear.
5. Second Half Decider: Pick up Salah and lead in form (Dias, Jota, Mane)
After playing the international game Egypt lost to Senegal failed to play in the end of the year World Cup, Salah's mental outlook and state is indeed far from the beginning of the season, this season because of the African Cup has played 47 battles, spent a lot of energy seems to need to breathe back, there are many rumors that this battle Klopp will put Salah as a substitute, most of them feel that this opportunity is not big. However, the strong and powerful battle is a boring battle in the first half, and both sides will not dare to make mistakes due to the situation, such as Klopp's dedication to changing sides in the second half to stay in Salah's second half.
6. Full Attack 424: Five out of four, one more striker (Mane, Salah/Firmino, Jota)
In the situation, Manchester City can maintain a one-point advantage in the home draw, on the contrary, Liverpool can not win the game away to get three points, the competition for the league title will become extremely passive, since Klopp has five top strikers available, it is not impossible to change the formation to play 424, last season's league first leg Liverpool did 4 forwards to visit Manchester City, similar to the 4231 and 424 formations finally drew 1:1. This season, Thiago has been back-to-back, playing well in double midfield with jordan Henderson or Fabinho, and if the situation comes to the end and still can't tear through the City defence, Klopp also has a good chance of attacking Manchester City with 424. If Klopp wants to be surprisingly aggressive, it is not wrong to start with a 4 striker, and it is also a strange move to change back to 433 after taking the lead.
If Roberto Firmino is not injured, Klopp has five top strikers available, and the formation and starting lineup change a lot, depending on how Klopp fights Guardiola, but I expect Klopp to put Divok Origi as a substitute this battle, and feng shui shooters sometimes really can't believe it.