7M Exclusive - Liverpool vs Manchester City preview

Posted Saturday, July 30, 2022 by 7M Sport

This season, Liverpool's lineup has been adjusted. The biggest signing must be Darwin Nunes. At the same time, Sadio Mane, Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino have been sent away. As for the main force of the defense line, it is still mainly Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez. The fullbacks are lead by Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold whose offense is great. However, for this game, the team are playing at home, it is doubtful that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Konstantinos Tsimikas will play. Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Caoimhin Kelleher are injured and unable to play.

Manchester City made a lot of signings in the new season. After signing Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips, they sold Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus respectively. These two contributed 21 goals and 13 assists in the league last season, their departure will have a more or less blow to City's offense, but we believe that with the existence of Haaland, the team's offense is still powerful. This game is an away game for them, they need to be careful on the pitch, otherwise it is very likely to fail.

In this Community Shield giants battle, the total worth of the two teams has reached a terrifying 2 billion euros (Manchester City 1.13 billion euros, Liverpool 884 million euros). Liverpool are actively preparing for the new season, the team have played a total of 4 warm-up games, but the overall performance of the team is worrying. The two sides each took 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss in their last 5 meetings. Last season, the two Premier League giants presented three wonderful games, the Reds had the upper hand with two draws and one win, but Manchester City have also fought Community Shield many times in recent years, which they have won twice in the past five years.

Overall, both sides have their own advantages, so who can win the trophy in the end depends on who can do better on both ends of offense and defense.