City v Liverpool: Game Thread

Lineups are in:

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy, Fernando, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Silva, Jovetic, Dzeko #mcfc

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) August 25, 2014

Confirmed #LFC team v @MCFC: Mignolet, Johnson, Moreno, Skrtel, Lovren, Gerrard, Henderson, Allen, Coutinho, Sterling, Sturridge

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 25, 2014

And the subs:

SUBS NEWS: Caballero, Sagna, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Milner, Navas, Aguero #mcfc

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) August 25, 2014

Confirmed #LFC subs v @MCFC: Jones, Manquillo, Sakho, Toure, Can, Markovic, Lambert

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 25, 2014

Not really any surprises here for City. Same lineup as the opener except Zaba comes in and Clichy returns to the left. Strong bench should provide Pellegrini with a lot of options.

Thoughts on the lineup/formation? Comment away...