Yes, Liverpool is not an easy team to beat and Liverpool cannot be taken lightly even though Manchester City have perfect squad and could play De Bruyne as midfielder who helps the attacking line in creating goals.
Pep must be able to use strategy and also place players that are really difficult for Liverpool to break down because they have quite sharp attackers such as Mohamed Salah, Nunes and Diogo Jota.
Liverpool three front players are quite dangerous if Pep is not alert and really strengthens the back line.
In the previous match, De Bruyne performed very well against Liverpool, but in the next match we don't know whether Pep can actually use it or not.
But we hope that De Bruyne can play even if only for half the game because his presence is very helpful and very important for Manchester City.
If De Bruyne cannot appear then Liverpool and Klopp will be very happy because De Bruyne himself is player who can bring victory to Manchester City from the assists and goals he can provide.
Over recent time, the match between Manchester City and Liverpool have proven to strong fixtures as they’re always title challenge fixtures as this weekend’s own now is a fixture to decide who sits top of the EPL Table, credits can’t be taken away from both teams especially after the 1st 13 Gameweeks in the EPL and they both have just a point separating them.
Liverpool are a pretty good side who have a very fast and clinical attack that can break down any defense line with it’s pace and creativity but we can’t say less of Manchester City’s defense; i mean the defense of Europe’s defending champions, I think for this match, it’ll be a tough encounter but Manchester City porves to be the better side as Liverpool defense could fall easily to cheap mistakes which could prove costly for them in this fixture.
KDB will be one to watch in this fixture as he’s just returning from injury but I think Pep wouldn’t want to rush him quick into the game and will probably keep him for the last minutes to seal his win, though the absence of KDB might not really have much effect because City have still been on top without him and will still prove it once more at the Etihad over the weekend.