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Jamie Carragher predicts four changes to Liverpool line-up vs Man City

Jamie Carragher is predicting Sadio Mane, Alisson Becker, Ozan Kabak and Fabinho will play for Liverpool when they face Manchester City on Sunday.

Pep Guardiola 's side travel to Anfield to face a team that has lost their last two Premier League matches at home, having gone unbeaten in the previous 68 games on their own patch.

Wednesday night's 1-0 defeat by Brighton gave City a seven-point lead over Jurgen Klopp's side, with the Blues having played a game fewer than the champions.

Alisson missed the loss to Brighton through illness but Carragher is expecting the goalkeeper, Mane and Fabinho to return against City, and also thinks Kabak will be given his first taste of English football, allowing Henderson to move back into midfield.

"There are no secrets with how Liverpool play, they have caused City huge problems before," Carragher told Sky Sports. "Guardiola has said this Liverpool team is the toughest he's played against maybe in his managerial career.

"It's not the Liverpool team we've seen in the last couple of years, but it will be different to what we saw against Brighton.

"I expect Alisson to be back, Fabinho could be back at centre-back, maybe the new centre-back Ozan Kabak plays with Jordan Henderson playing in midfield, and I think Sadio Mane will be back.

"If that is the case, it would feel like Liverpool had half of their team back, so that would be a lot stronger proposition and I think Liverpool will give City a really good game, I really do.

"Let's not forget, this is a different City with no Sergio Aguero or Kevin De Bruyne, and this season has been all about keeping clean sheets.

"Liverpool have been struggling to score goals against certain types of teams, but I wouldn't class City as one of them. City aren't a defensive team, they are very good defensively, that's a big difference."

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