South Americans are oftentimes not ready to start the early kick off on Saturday after the international break due to jet lag. Liverpool has four South American internationals and City has two. So there is a disadvantage. I would bet that Diaz and Nunez are both on the bench due to this, even though they would normally start. Allison will definitely start and Macallister probably will too. Not sure if Alvarez tends to start these fixtures or not tbh.

This one was moved back due to the police, so its understandable. But the problem is that Liverpool has had the early kick off after the international break all three times this year. And more than twice as often as any other team in the premier league since Klopp took over.