5 reasons why Manchester City Vs Liverpool is the biggest game in English football 

This Sunday, the Premier League will see its biggest game of the season take place when Manchester City and Liverpool clash in the late kick-off at Anfield.

The two teams have been the early pace-setters in the division this year, and many pundits are predicting the race between the two teams to go right down to the wire this season.

The two teams have had many excellent encounters over the years but over the last couple of seasons, the game has become one of the most anticipated on the football calendar.

Every era in the Premier League has had its big encounters, from Manchester United Vs Arsenal in the early 2000's to Manchester United Vs Chelsea in the latter half of the same decade.

Manchester City Vs Liverpool has managed to establish itself as the biggest game in English football over the last two seasons, and this weekend's game looks set to be their most exciting encounter yet. Let's take a look at five reasons why Manchester City Vs Liverpool is now the biggest and most exciting game in English football.

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#5 The best of the best

The fixture boasts some of the best players in the world

Excluding Eden Hazard, this weekend's clash between Liverpool and Manchester City will see the Premier League's best stars square off with each other in what promises to be yet another thrilling encounter.

From the back to the front, these two teams boast the two finest starting 11s in the Premier League, making the game one of the most intriguing in the Premier League season.

While City will still likely be without their star player, Kevin De Bruyne, they will still have plenty of massive names on display this weekend, while Liverpool fans will be hoping that Mo Salah can replicate some of his performances from last season when the two sides met.

#4 The title race

Manchester City's road to the title may not be as easy as last year.

Manchester City's 2017/18 Premier League campaign was an act of true footballing beauty. Guardiola's side swept aside all the competition and made the whole division look like a season on Fifa played on amateur mode.

This season, however, Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side are being touted as potential threats to Manchester City's reign of dominance and given what we have seen from the Merseyside club so far, it looks as though they are certainly going to run City very close.

Jurgen Klopp's team have been a work in process, and it looks as though they have come together at just the right time. Their displays so far this season, which has seen them win 6 and draw 1 of their seven opening encounters have filled Liverpool fans with the hope that maybe, this could finally be their year.

While Sunday's clash at Anfield definitely won't decide who is going to take home the Premier League trophy this year, it will certainly be a big psychological victory for the winning side and may set a precedent for what is to come over the rest of the season.

#3 Tactical warfare

Klopp and Guardiola have both had huge influences on the modern game

Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have combined to help the Premier League reclaim its trophy as the most exciting football league in the world in recent years.

After years of sterile football and management, the two men have breathed new life into the division, producing some jaw-dropping displays of football and creating one of the most intriguing rivalries in the British game.

Klopp's famed gegenpress has made Liverpool into one of the most thrilling attacking units in world football, while Pep Guardiola has dazzled fans with his side's impressive tika taka, juego de posicion based gameplay.

The encounters between the two men have become highly complicated games of chess, with both men desperate to prove that their style of football is the future.

Klopp has been one of the only managers who has been capable of outsmarting Guardiola in recent seasons, and the former Borussia Dortmund manager will be hoping he can manage that once again this weekend.

#2 Personalities

Jurgen Klopp is one of the most likeable characters in football

One criticism levelled at modern football is that the game lacks the personalities that it once had, and while that may be true on the pitch, there are still several Premier League managers who are among the most entertaining characters in the game.

Two of those men are Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, the managers of Manchester City and Liverpool.

Klopp has established himself as the most charming and likeable manager in the Premier League in recent years, while Guardiola is always fascinating to watch, switching between calm and collected, and a crazed genius at the drop of a hat.

The two men are always entertaining when they are on the screens,and their infectious personalities somehow manage to find their way onto the pitch as well.

#1 Goals galore

Liverpool and Man City shared 18 goals in 4 games last year

Liverpool and Manchester City met a total of four times last season, with a total of 18 goals being scored between the two sides during those games. That's an average of 4.5 goals per encounter.

The Premier League has plenty of big game fixtures and has had its share of big name-rivalries in the past but few have produced the kind of excitement on the pitch that Manchester City and Liverpool have done in recent years.

Whereas a lot of big Premier League encounters often see managers taking a more reserved approach, both Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are willing to go a little gung-ho in the name of victory and as a result, the games are often among the most exciting encounters of the season.