It’s time to come back to Carling Cup semi finals with an exciting game between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield Road.

The Reds have won the first one in Manchester after Steven Gerrard’s penalty goal. However they are still far away from getting into the final as Citizens are surely on form and a league win over Tottenham at the weekend has just made their morale better.

Liverpool can’t be that happy with their weekend result as the surprisingly lost to Bolton 1:3. This loss means that The Reds are now on 7th position in the table and winning in Cup might be their only way to Europe for next season. City doesn’t have such problems. They’re leading the table and even if they don’t win the league they can be quite sure of their Champions League qualification.

With this in mind Liverpool has more to play for. No major injury concerns in both teams. Liverpool will have to play without Suarez, who is still banned and Citizens won’t be able to use Toure brothers, who traveled to African Cup of Nations.

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After a controversial loss against Manchester United in FA Cup Citizens are facing another decisive game in their domestic cups campaign this time against Liverpool FC in Carling Cup.

Both teams met at Etihad Stadium just last week in their Premier League game. Citizens left no chances to the Reds winning 3:0 after goals from Aguero, Toure and Milner. But even such a win doesn’t necessarily mean that Liverpool has no chances against City.

Roberto Mancini will have some problems with his starting line up. After a red card against United Vincent Kompany is not available as is Kolo and Yaya Toure who have already travelled for African Cup of Nations. The good news for Citizens is the come back of Edin Dzeko.

Liverpool will need to play without Luis Suarez who is serving an eight games ban. This means that their attack will heavily depend on Andy Carroll.

Man City should take advantage of playing at home and get a win here before going for the second game to Anfield Road.

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