[Teams] Man City vs Liverpool: Confirmed Line-Ups

Manchester City entertain Liverpool in a top-of-the-table clash at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day.

The Reds head into the game sitting top of the Premier League but City are just two points adrift so will leapfrog their rivals with a win this evening.

Brendan Rodgers has been forced into a change at the back with Jon Flanagan ruled out, so Aly Cissokho comes in. City have also made a change in defence with Pablo Zabaleta returning from injury to start at right back.

Here are the confirmed line-ups:

Man City

Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Silva, Negredo, Navas

Subs: Pantilimon, Clichy, Boyata, Garcia, Milner, Dzeko, Nastasic

Liverpool

Mignolet, Cissokho, Skrtel, Sakho, Johnson, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Suarez.

Subs: Jones, Toure, Agger, Alberto, Aspas, Moses, Smith.

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