Liverpool boss Arne Slot backed Pep Guardiola to find a solution to Manchester City's problems, but warned that people only talk about injuries when teams start losing.
Liverpool are top of the Premier League and the Champions League league phase and can move 11 points clear of City in the title race with a win at Anfield on Sunday against Guardiola's side.
City have lost five and drawn one of their last six games, and are without a number of key first team players like Rodri and Mateo Kovacic, while Kevin De Bruyne, John Stones, Ruben Dias and Jack Grealish have been out at various points over the season so far.
Slot has just guided Liverpool to a win over Champions League winners Real Madrid, but insisted City would not be an easy match despite their bad form. ALSO READ: Liverpool just gave Man City something invaluable ahead of Premier League title showdown ALSO READ: 'Be hostile' - Viral Liverpool tweet urges 'horrible' Man City welcome "I don't think anyone in last eight or nine years would say City - home or away - the word easy comes to mind," he said. "Easier?
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