Pep Guardiola is preparing to go all guns blazing when his Man City side rock up at Anfield on Sunday. City have stormed ahead of title rivals Liverpool in the table ahead of their crunch showdown, as the stuttering form of the defending champions continues.
And Guardiola is now looking to take full advantage as he considers switching his tactics to swamp Liverpool on their own patch.
Key to his thinking is the idea of reverting to a 3-5-2 formation, giving licence to the rest of the team to attack Jurgen Klopp's side at will.
Those tactics have worked to good effect in previous fixtures against Liverpool, though Guardiola has tended to stick with his usual back four.
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