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Mohamed Salah makes his first Premier League start since New Year's Day today.

He will be hoping to add to his 21 goals so far this season.

Liverpool

Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, speaking to Sky Sports: "You get a feeling when you come out on to the pitch that there's a little bit of magic in the air and hopefully it can go our way.

"You know how intense these games are so you need to make sure you're ready for it and going into the game full confidence."

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Arsenal were meant to be the team who ripped up the rule book and rotated their goalkeepers this season, but it has ended up being Brighton who have kept on swapping who plays between the sticks.

Seagulls boss Roberto de Zerbi has broken a Premier League record by changing his keeper 17 times already in 2023-24, with Jason Steele playing 15 league games and Bart Verbruggen the other 13, and neither starting more than three times in a row in all competitions.

Today it is 21-year-old Verbruggen who gets the nod at Anfield.

But is rotating goalkeepers a successful strategy?

Former Manchester City and England keeper Karen Bardsley analyses the ongoing situation with Verbruggen and Steele in her latest BBC Sport column.

BBC Radio 5 Live

5 Live has full commentary of both of today's big games.

Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman is at Anfield with Alistair Bruce-Ball for Liverpool against Brighton.

And ex-Manchester United and Manchester City keeper Peter Schmeichel is at Etihad Stadium with John Murray for City against Arsenal.

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European football expert Kevin Hatchard is surprised Xabi Alonso has opted to remain as Bayer Leverkusen manager because he felt "the lure of Liverpool would be too strong".

Alonso confirmed he will remain in his role at the Bundesliga club earlier on Friday as he believes the club is the "right place" to be as a young coach.

"He’s built something incredible - Leverkusen are having a season for the ages," Hatchard told BBC Sport.

"They’re well on course to win their first-ever Bundesliga title, they’re in the semi-finals of the German Cup and the strong favourites to win that tournament, and they’re in the quarter-finals of the Europa League so he is building something very, very impressive.

"I thought it was always a possibility that he would lean towards staying at Leverkusen for at least one more season, but I did feel like the lure of Liverpool, as a very successful former player, would be too strong. But, it seems like he’s going to be pragmatic about it. He’s going to stay at Bayer Leverkusen and you can understand that."

Liverpool fans will be hoping Jurgen Klopp can sign off his successful and memorable time as Reds boss by winning the league this season.

Their search for Klopp's replacement continues after Xabi Alonso confirmed he intends to stay at Bayer Leverkusen next season.

So who else is in the frame? The man in the opposition box today, Roberto de Zerbi, has been linked, and you can check out some of the other contenders here.

Kyle: If it goes to the wire it will be fascinating with Manchester United vs Arsenal and Aston Villa vs Liverpool on the 2nd last weekend of the season. Also it will be interesting to see when Tottenham vs Manchester City gets rescheduled to.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on Brighton counterpart Roberto de Zerbi before their sides meet at Anfield on Sunday.

Albion have been a thorn in Liverpool's side since De Zerbi's first game in charge - a dramatic 3-3 draw against the Reds in October 2022.

The Italian has been touted as a possible replacement for Klopp when the German leaves in the summer.

The Reds manager says the way De Zerbi sets up his team is contrary to his own philosophy but it intrigues him.

"It's a different way - I couldn't coach that," said Klopp. "It goes against my personality. It's very demanding for the players. They have clear positioning and pass in the right moments. He's a top coach.

"It's super interesting to see - I like watching them [Brighton]. It makes it tricky. It's possession based but even more structured, than maybe Manchester City or whoever that have a bit more freedom.

"On their day, they can beat anyone in this league."

Arsenal have lost their past seven league games at Etihad Stadium against Manchester City by an aggregate score of 21-4.

However, having won the Community Shield against City and beaten them in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium in October, can they now end their wretched run on the road?

The Evening Standard's Simon Collings tells The Football News Show how Arsenal are mentally stronger this season and why they should not be settling for a draw when the two teams meet on Sunday.

Watch more in a special edition of The Football News show.

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With 10 games left it looks likely the race for top spot will go right down to the wire, although prediction models - compiled by Opta and data experts Nielsen's Gracenote - suggest Manchester City are favourites despite currently being third.

"This season has been really good," says Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, whose side are unbeaten in their past 38 home games in all competitions.

"To be in contention for the three important titles now, we've done incredible work.

"Now it's the last 10 games of the Premier League, we start an important time. We play the leaders of the Premier League and I'm sure the people [City's fans] will give us what we need to perform at our best."

Michael Brown
Former Premier League midfielder

Manchester City have got quite tricky games in Tottenham, Aston Villa and Brighton.

The Arsenal game will be key for them, but then they have so many potential injuries from the international break.

Liverpool could have a slightly easier run-in. They are favourites at this moment in time because of those fixtures and their performances.

Arsenal were on a wonderful run which has gone unnoticed, but they have some tricky ones too.

At this moment in time, Liverpool slightly edge it.

Liverpool

Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, speaking to Sky Sports: "There will be a lot of noise but it's down to us to give the best possible finish. We spoke about him [Jurgen Klopp] giving so much for us. It's all because of him, how he manages us. It's what he deserves. We can use it as motivation, it's kind of like the last dance.

"We knew our goals and targets before the announcement. We are excited, it's an exciting time. Last season gave us that hunger to get back into a title race. We will push it every game. Of course, we need results to go our way and perform our best."

Manchester City are without defenders John Stones and Kyle Walker, who both suffered injuries on England duty.

Manuel Akanji, Kevin de Bruyne and Matheus Nunes have been passed fit and Ederson is likely to start after recovering from a muscle injury.

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta says "there's a chance" that injured trio Gabriel, Bakayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli will recover for this game.

David Raya will return after missing the win over his parent club Brentford.

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to Sky Sports: "I didn't think a second about the other game to be honest, it's all about us. We had a day more and I hope we used that properly. The opponent is strong, different to all of the teams in the league. I'm looking forward to it, but it's tough.

"If they lose the ball, there are opportunities for us. We haven't had enough possession against them in the other games. It's a bit like defending against City. They are really calm on the ball."

Warren Aspinall
Ex-Brighton striker

Brighton are going for Europe, these clubs are going for Europe as well, and the title.

We can have a big impact on who wins this title. That is starting with Liverpool.

I don't think De Zerbi will want to go there and get hammered. He has been touted for that job. If we put a good performance in, the Liverpool fans will be thinking 'Forget about Alonso, let's go and get this guy'.

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Brighton are in the fight to secure European football for next season.

They are ninth in the table and should they pick up three points today they will move up to seventh.

Liverpool had a doubt over Scotland left-back Andrew Robertson and he is not fit enough to play because of an ankle injury.

Conor Bradley starts in the only change to Jurgen Klopp's XI from the one which played against Manchester United in the FA Cup on 17 March.

Midfielder Curtis Jones is also out, but defender Ibrahima Konate makes the bench.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Gomez, Mac Allister, Endo, Szoboszlai, Salah, Nunez, Diaz.

Subs: Adrian, Konate, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Clark, McConnell, Danns.

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Jakub Moder, Carlos Baleba and Joel Veltman come back into the side as Brighton make three changes from their last outing on 14 March against Roma.

However, ex-Liverpool man James Milner and forward Joao Pedro are still missing.

Between the sticks, Bart Verbruggen gets the nod ahead of Jason Steele.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Lamptey, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan, Gross, Veltman, Moder, Baleba, Adingra, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Igor, Webster, Lallana, Barco, Ferguson, Fati, Buonanotte, Chouchane.

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Here's how it looks at the top of the table ahead of today's action.

Arsenal are top, ahead of Liverpool on goal difference, with third-placed Manchester City one point behind.

It is the first time in 10 years that only one point separates the top three after 28 games.

Hello!

Do Sundays get much better than this? The sun is shining (where I am anyway, so apologies if this doesn't apply to you), tomorrow is a Bank Holiday and today the top three in the Premier League are in action.

Who will be celebrating at the end of the day? And who will be licking their wounds after being dealt a blow in the title race?

Here's today's action in full:

14:00 BST

Liverpool v Brighton

16:30 BST

Man City v Arsenal