Manager Pep Guardiola has warned his Manchester City side a failure to beat Liverpool tonight will effectively mean their EPL title challenge is over. Last month, Guardiola admitted Liverpool's charge to depose the EPL champions has been in his head for some time.

But in their first game of 2019, City already find themselves in must-win territory to haul Liverpool back into view by inflicting the leaders' first defeat of the season and cutting a seven-point lead to four at the Etihad on tonight.