It is a tough challenge for Manchester City to beat Liverpool in the 26th match, the current condition of the players is still filled with anger and disappointment, after they were previously eliminated from the Champion League. But ready not ready they must immediately rise from adversity, there are matches that must be completed, they must realize the opportunities in the premiere league are still wide open.
If Manchester lose against Liverpool in this match, their position in fourth place could be threatened, at least a draw is more than losing, i don't think they can win this match, even though i expect it.
It is very difficult for Manchester City to beat Liverpool at the moment but it is not impossible. Manchester City may not be in good form, but they have a very strong squad. If the players can perform well, it is definitely possible for Manchester City to get 3 points against Liverpool.
In the last match, we did not get a good performance from Liverpool as expected, Liverpool failed to win against Aston Villa. The match against Manchester City is very important for Liverpool. If Liverpool loses points in this match too, then the gap between Liverpool and Arsenal will be reduced further. And the fight for the title will be more competitive.
Currently the distance between Liverpool and Manchester City points is 17 points meaning that if they want to catch up then they must expect Liverpool to lose at least 6 times and they must be able to stabilize and it is clearly not an easy thing even though if you look at the rest of the match this is still possible because Liverpool still leaves 12 matches if you want to end the season.
I personally feel that something like this is definitely not easy or even impossible to do but sometimes the EPL is always unpredictable so in the end I don't want to speculate further about this.
It's just that if in the end Mncehster City wants to try to make some breakthroughs at this time, apart from they have to hope that Liverpool are inconsistent then they also have to change their performance to be better than now. The Champions League is already out of the way and it is likely that if they are like this the EPL will also not get them this season.