{"id":250624,"date":"2025-11-08T04:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250624\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T04:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:50:12","slug":"alan-shearer-and-paul-merson-disagree-when-deciding-the-result-of-man-city-vs-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250624\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer and Paul Merson disagree when deciding the result of Man City vs Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The result of Manchester City vs Liverpool in the Premier League has been predicted by Alan Shearer and Paul Merson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/07\/wayne-rooney-has-come-up-with-a-plan-for-liverpool-to-beat-man-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool travel to the Etihad Stadium<\/a> looking to continue their solid run of form against the Sky Blues.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds haven\u2019t lost any of the last four meetings between the English heavyweights, picking up wins in the two most recent clashes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/06\/virgil-van-dijk-did-something-unexpected-after-liverpool-beat-real-madrid-on-tuesday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool beat Real Madrid<\/a> in midweek, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/02\/mohamed-salah-and-steven-gerrard-share-embrace-at-full-time-of-liverpool-vs-aston-villa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">victory over Aston Villa<\/a> in their most recent league game has moved them to within touching distance of Man City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242894204-1024x622.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool's manager Arne Slot inspecting the pitch before the match during the Premier League match between Brentford and Liverpool at Gtech Community Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-269728\" \/>Photo by Andrew Kearns \u2013 CameraSport via Getty ImagesManchester City vs Liverpool result predicted<\/p>\n<p>Realistically, both teams need to win this fixture in order to keep pace with league leaders Arsenal, who play Sunderland on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the match, it is Arne Slot\u2019s side who the pundits are backing to enjoy the most success.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/news-paul-merson-predicts-manchester-city-vs-liverpool-premier-league-gw11-fixtures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportske<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/news-paul-merson-predicts-manchester-city-vs-liverpool-premier-league-gw11-fixtures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/news-paul-merson-predicts-manchester-city-vs-liverpool-premier-league-gw11-fixtures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">da<\/a> column, former Arsenal and Middlesbrough star Paul Merson predicted a dominant 3-1 win for the away side.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cLiverpool have found some confidence now. Arne Slot has also gone back to his best full-back pairing and midfield combination. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai as your three in midfield against City, you have got to be the favourites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Alan Shearer had a different view, pointing out that Erling Haaland will like how Liverpool set up. He backed the game to end as a draw.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/07\/alan-shearers-premier-league-predictions-man-utd-arsenal-man-city-vs-liverpool-24645360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Metro<\/a>, Shearer said: \u201cLiverpool like to play a high line which will suit Haaland, but they had so much more protection in midweek against Real Madrid and more of it last weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have to carry that on which will be tough with Man City in decent form and Haaland looks unplayable at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2200457613-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Man City boss Pep Guradiola pictured during a Champions League press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-239218\" \/>Photo by Dennis Agyeman \/ AFP7 via Getty ImagesLiverpool team news for Manchester City<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the match, Slot confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/07\/arne-slot-provides-alexander-isak-injury-update-ahead-of-manchester-city-clash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Isak has returned to training<\/a>, but did not share whether he would feature on November 8.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Alisson and Jeremie Frimpong will miss out, but the duo are expected back after the international break.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAlisson for sure. And I expect Jeremie back after the international break as well because we play from November until March!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I don\u2019t expect Jeremie to be fully fit for Forest. But with Alisson, we expect this, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are also question marks over whether Andy Robertson will be fit enough to start.<\/p>\n<p>Slot said on the Scotsman: \u201cRobbo started three games in seven days as he started against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to take him off towards the end [versus Real Madrid]. I felt he was tired but we will wait to see where he is today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The result of Manchester City vs Liverpool in the Premier League has been predicted by Alan Shearer and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[32030,59,35727,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-250624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-alan-shearer","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-paul-merson","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}