Liverpool za karbi Manchester City a Anfield ranar Lahadi, 11 Oktoba 2026, a wasan raundi ta 6 na Premier League — duel ɗin da ya hadu da ƙungiyoyi biyu da suka sauya jagororin su kafin kakar.

Sabbin fuskokin a benci

Kulob ɗin biyu sun shiga wannan kakar da masu horar da ƙungiyoyi sabbi. Liverpool sun bar Arne Slot suka ba wa Andoni Iraola ragamar horarwa, yayin da Manchester City suka yi wa Pep Guardiola barka da gobe bayan shekara goma a Etihad Stadium. Enzo Maresca, tsohon manajan Chelsea, ya karɓi mukamin a City.

Siffar Liverpool kafin wasan

Ƙungiyar Iraola ta kasance ba ta sha kashi ba, ko da yake ba ta daidaita ba. Reds sun fara kakar da fansa biyu a jere da Newcastle United da Nottingham Forest, sannan suka ci Ipswich Town da Atletico Madrid a bude wasan UEFA Champions League. Fansa ba-kwallamar a gida da Fulham ta biyo baya, sannan Liverpool suka doke Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 a Carabao Cup kafin su lashe 1-0 a waje da Bournemouth kafin hutu na kasa da kasa.

Farkon daidai na City

A nasa hannun, Maresca ba zai iya nema fiye da wannan farawa ba. Manchester City ita ce kadai ƙungiyar Ingilishi da ta ci kowane wasan a wannan kakar. Bayan cin Bournemouth 2-1, Crystal Palace, da Coventry City, sun tafi Portugal suka doke Porto a Champions League. Cin nasara mai cece-kuce a derby na Manchester ta biyo — wanda Erling Haaland ya yanke da kwallarsa a kan Manchester United — sannan City suka bugi Norwich City 5-0 a Carabao Cup suka ci Sunderland a wasa da kwallaɓi 8, suka zauna a saman tebur na Premier League kafin hutu.

Tarihin fuskantar juna

Liverpool suna da fifikon tarihi: daga cikin tarfukan 197, Reds sun samu nasara 92 da City ta 55, yayin da wasa 50 sun ƙare cikin fansa. Duk da haka, kakar da ta gabata ta kasance ta City gaba ɗaya, sun ci wa'adi uku uku — nasara 2-1 a Anfield da nasara mai girma 3-0 da 4-0 a Etihad a gasar da kuma kusa da karshen FA Cup bi da bi. Nasara ta huɗu a jere a kan Liverpool za ta zama ta farko ta City a cikin shekara 89.

Manyan 'yan wasa da za a kallo

Alexis Mac Allister ya kasance matukin Liverpool, yana da kwallaɓi biyu da taimako ɗaya yayin da yake taimakawa Reds su zauna ba tare da sha kashi ba. Ɗan wasan Argentina mai shekara 27 yana kawo hankali da sarrafa yanayin wasan a tsakiyar filin Iraola. Dominik Szoboszlai shi ma yana da tasiri, yana da kwallaɓi uku wannan kakar — kuma rikodinsa na kwallaɓi uku da taimako ɗaya a kan City ya sa shi ya zama haɗari musamman a wannan wasa.

A gefe na City, Haaland ba ya iya dakatar da shi, yana da kwallaɓi bakwai a wasanni bakwai tun farkon kakar. Ɗan wasan Norway yana da kwallaɓi 8 a kan Liverpool a dukkan gasar kuma yana son ya ƙara. Rayan Cherki, haɗarin City na biyu, ya ba da kwallaɓi huɗu da tamimai biyu a wasanni takwas a ƙarƙashin Maresca.

Labarun ƙungiyoyi

Liverpool za su rasa Alexander Isak da Cody Gakpo, dukansu sun ji rauni a lokacin hutu na kasa da kasa. Lewis Koumas ana tsammaninsa zai jagoranci hare-haren bayan ya burge a Carabao Cup a kan Tottenham Hotspur. Jeremy Jacquet ya shirya ya yi aiki tare da Virgil van Dijk a tsakiyar tsaron. Federico Chiesa ya koma bayan ya warke daga rauni na pre-season. Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike, da Giovanni Leoni har yanzu ba su nan.

City sun mayar da Haaland cikin kiwon lafiya cikakke duk da tsoro a lokacin hutu. Antoine Semenyo ma ana tsammaninsa zai buga wasa bayan ya koma horon. Yanayin Nico O'Reilly har yanzu ba a sani ba bayan ya janye daga ƙungiyar Ingila. Phil Foden zai rasa wannan wasan saboda dakatar da shi, yana cika wasa na uku kuma na ƙarshe na hukuncin sa bayan jan kati a derby na Manchester.

Sunayen 'yan wasa da za su fara

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Ngumoha, Wirtz, Barcola; Koumas.

Man City (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol; Fernandez, Anderson; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland.