Two clubs in the top half of the Premier League table will do battle today in a league match between Manchester City and Liverpool. The first-division clash scheduled for 3 p.m. ET will be held at Etihad Stadium in Manchester and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on NBC Sports.
Manchester City's Manuel Pellegrini had this to offer ahead of today's epic encounter (via the Guardian): "We have strengthened our squad a little over the summer and I am happy with it. I did not go looking for a striker because we already have four at the club. Other clubs have strengthened too. They want to improve, which is what you would expect, but we want to improve too. We believe we can still get better."
Manchester City can lend authenticity to those claims with a victory over Liverpool this afternoon.
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: The meteoric rise of Raheem Sterling continues in 2014. The 19-year-old contributed one goal, one assist and five successful take-ons in Liverpool's 2-1 victory over Southampton in Week 1.
Manchester City's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Hart; Clichy, Kompany, Demichelis, Zabaleta; Fernando, Fernandinho; Silva, Toure, Nasri; Aguero
Liverpool's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Mignolet; Johnson, Lovren, Skrtel, Manquillo; Can, Gerrard; Sterling, Coutinho, Henderson; Sturridge
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (statistics and lineups via WhoScored).
Standings
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Hull City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 10 | Everton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
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