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Manchester City make three changes from the side that beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Kyle Walker comes back into what is likely to be a back four, with Nathan Ake dropping out.

Gabriel Jesus and Phil Foden both start, with Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan dropping to the bench.

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne, Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling.

Subs: Ake, Gundogan, Grealish, Zinchenko, Steffen, Fernandinho, Mahrez, McAtee, Lavia.

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Liverpool's starting XI is as you'd expect.

Diogo Jota comes in to the forward line in one of three changes from the team that beat Benfica in the Champions League. Luis Diaz drops out.

At the back, Joel Matip starts ahead of Ibrahima Konate and in midfield Jordan Henderson replaces Naby Keita.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Jota, Mane.

Subs: Konate, Milner, Keita, Firmino, Gomez, Jones, Tsimikas, Diaz, Kelleher.

It's getting a bit lively down at the Etihad...

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Former England defender Stephen Warnock and the BBC Radio Manchester's Mike Minay join The Football News Show to look ahead to Manchester City's game against Liverpool - and ask whether the match will decide the Premier League title.

Hint: he says it won't.

The nerve of the man!

Peter Schmeichel
Former Manchester City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

The teams we are going to watch are so brilliant. They play different styles and it is going to be interesting to see how they deal with the pressure and which style copes better. I was at Man City against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday and I was impressed with City's patience. Atletico never gave them anything to take advantage of; they set out to play in one way.

Then Pep Guardiola made three changes and the brilliance of Kevin de Bruyne was obvious. But at the same time, Liverpool were all but going through at Benfica. I'm really looking forward to this.

If you are still struggling to fully grasp the importance of this game then feel free to have a look at the piece we've provided on our website, cunningly titled 'Man City v Liverpool - all you need to know'.

It includes interesting facts such as this one...

Since the start of the 2018-19 season, combining the four campaigns, City and Liverpool are separated by just a single point - the same margin that keeps them apart in the table after 30 games this season. City lead with 338 points from 144 games, while Liverpool have 337.

Well, the Liverpool players look pretty relaxed. James Milner has a big smile on his face as he trots in. He knows this place pretty well.

The City team have just arrived too. A smile and a wave from Pep to acknowledge the cheers. Again, it's all very chilled out. That won't be the case in an hour and a quarter.

So yeah, full confirmed team news coming shortly. This is what we know ahead of that, though...

Manchester City full-back Kyle Walker is back in contention for the game after serving a European suspension in midweek.

Ruben Dias and Cole Palmer remain sidelined by injuries.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Fabinho will be fit despite suffering a cut in a clash of heads with Benfica's Nicolas Otamendi on Tuesday.

So not far off full strength for both teams. Be very interesting to see what the make up of each sides forward line ends up being. Both managers have big calls to make.

Here comes the Liverpool team bus, edging its way to the Etihad, caught on the chopper cam. I'm going to give this the full royal wedding treatment here, overhead shots and the lot.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Team news is about 20 minutes away.

Let's quickly get some practicalities done and then we can crack on with all the hype.

You can obviously follow the game via live text commentary on this very page. You can also follow live spoken commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. They started their sport coverage at 12:00 BST and have been on with Norwich v Burnley, but will be all about City v Liverpool from 16:00.

You can tune in to that the old school way on an actual radio, or online using the play button at the top of this page.

I suppose I still need to give you the context for this. Although, if you don't know why this game is a big one I would suspect that you've stumbled onto this page by accident.

So here is how it is...

Premier League leaders Manchester City currently sit one point above second-placed Liverpool - 73 points to 72.

City, the reigning champions and winners of three of the last four titles, at one stage had a 14-point lead over the Reds, but have seen that whittled down over the last few months as Jurgen Klopp's side (champions in 2019-20) took on a Terminator-like relentlessness in their pursuit.

With seven games left each after this, many are predicting the winner of this game is very likely to end up champions at the end of the campaign (although I suspect there are more twists to come - there always are).

So yeah, a big old match.

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So here we are then. The big one.

I know us media folk give every game the big sell. It's always Super Sunday and the upcoming match is the biggest game in the history of bigness.

On Friday, for example, I did the live text commentary for Newcastle v Wolves. I talked it up and the two teams did their absolute best to make me look quite the fool.

But this today is different. A rare occasion when you can really lean into the hype.

It's not going to settle the title. But it could be a giant step towards it. So yeah, big, big, big.