Guardiola’s Scars, Head-to-Head, Form and How to Buy Last-Minute Tickets to Liverpool v Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola appeared before the press with marks on his head and a cut on his nose after his side threw away a three-goal lead against Feyenoord on Tuesday evening. A sign of how much pressure is on the Catalan coach.

Liverpool still have to play Real Madrid this week and Arne Slot will undoubtedly face stress and tension, but nothing compared to his counterpart. City recorded the worst run of Guardiola's career, ending a five-match losing streak, but only with a home draw against Ditch's side, and in a manner that did little for morale.

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The Reds will undoubtedly feel they are looking at a golden opportunity. With an eight-point gap suddenly opening up between the two in the Premier League, Liverpool have the chance to make it an 11-point gap in December. Even with City's habit of long winning runs in the second half of the season, that lead would be insurmountable.

Liverpool play Los Blancos on Wednesday evening, and they are understrength: Real Madrid will be without Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, Aurelien Tchouameni, David Alaba, Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal. They come into this with twelve wins in their last thirteen games, with the only blip being a 2-2 draw against Arsenal.

Last season, both meetings between the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw, but last year Guardiola defeated Jurgen Klopp by winning the previous two games 4-1 and 3-2. However, this will be Slot's first game on the sidelines for Liverpool, and so far it's hard to find too much criticism of anything he's done so far. Overall, the point is that City desperately need a result at Anfield, and unless you're a City fan, in a particularly tasty way.

If you want to attend the match on Sunday, December 1 at 4:30 PM local time, getting into Anfield isn't the easiest job. Manchester City have sold out their allocation for the match, with little hope of getting a ticket via Liverpool's website so close to the match. They still have hospitality packages available for €720.

For about half that price, you can head to a third-party ticketing website like LiveFootballTickets.com to get in on the big game. Their tickets start at €364 and at the time of writing there are 1,202 tickets left. That's much more than competitors Fanpass, who start their tickets from €384, or Footballtickets.net. For the latter you pay €348, with costs rising into the thousands depending on where you are.

Considering how close it is to the game, another factor to consider is the ease of the experience and trust in the third-party site you are dealing with. For example, LiveFootballTickets.com has an established reputation based on more than 15 years of trading with football fans, and has a rating of 4.8 out of 5 on Trustpilot. LiveFootballTickets.net also offers a money back guarantee of 150% of what you pay, which is reassuring for such large amounts.