Liverpool: Liverpool have lived through many false dawns in the 29 years since last lifting a league title, but the class of 2019-20 have the chance to prove they are the real deal when reigning champions Manchester City visit Anfield today. City's relentless hunger to push the bar to new heights under Pep Guardiola has kept Liverpool waiting.

Despite posting the third highest points tally in English top flight history last season with 97, Liverpool lost out by a solitary point as City backed up their 100-point campaign with 98 to retain the title.  Beset by defensive injuries, those standards have slipped slightly at the start of this season, allowing Jurgen Klopp's men to open up a five-point lead ahead of today's battle. "Last season we won the Premier League [against] the best contender I ever faced in my career," said Guardiola on Friday.