For City, meanwhile, Pep Guardiola reported that six more players had returned to training with the club on Wednesday after participating in the World Cup.
They followed people like kevin debruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, nathan ake, Rodrigo, Aymeric Laporte Y manuel akanjithat he had already returned to the sessions.
“Step by step people come back,” Guardiola said. “Today six players return and it is the first time. We’re happy they’re back and overall they played very well.”
He continued: “I have the feeling that the players who were at the World Cup are in better condition than the players who were here.
“So, sergi [Gomez], Erling [Haaland], Riyadh [Mahrez], Cabbage [Palmer] they miss the pace a bit compared to, for example, Manuel Akanji, Rodri, Aymeric and Nathan. They come back and we saw them so well perfectly, that’s normal.
“They competed and trained every day, and we had vacations. That’s why the most important [thing] It was to keep up the rhythm and for the players who weren’t in the World Cup to pick it up”.
Julian Alvarez He is not available for Liverpool’s visit after being part of the Argentina team that lifted the World Cup last Sunday.
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