When a team consistently performs well, the team's self-confidence increases, which makes them feel that all teams are equal. Liverpool's confidence may have been boosted after their big win over Real Madrid in the Champions League and they may be more optimistic about their match against Manchester City. Whether Manchester City will attack against Liverpool or resist Liverpool's attack is a big challenge for them now. When a certain player of a team performs well, it is easy for the opposite team to plan on him, but every player in Liverpool is performing well in every position, so Manchester City has no chance to target any player except any player.
Liverpool confidence increased after suffering a humiliating defeat when hosting Nottingham at Anfield, Arne Slot immediately changed Liverpool playing style to be more solid by prioritizing teamwork in order to achieve better results. Liverpool are now unbeaten in 15 games in all competitions, including a big win over Real Madrid in the UCL.
I think Manchester City will not do very well against Liverpool and Liverpool will perform well collectively and beat Manchester City in the next match.
The match against Man City is very important for Liverpool to widen the gap with their rivals, Anfield is still very scary for the visiting team because they always manage to score more than one goal when they go against their opponents. Man City will again have difficulties in this game because they have not found their best performance, especially in the last game they lost important points after Feyenoord managed to make the match end in a draw.