City face Liverpool.

Summary: Manchester City head to Anfield knowing danger man Steven Gerrard is back on form.

Manchester City head to Anfield knowing danger man Steven Gerrard is back on form.

City, now the world's richest club, have made no secret of their desire to gate-crash the top four and gain a place among the Champions League elite.

At the moment the most vulnerable member of the established 'big four' are Liverpool, who are floundering outside the top six and are also at risk of missing out on the last 16 of this year's Champions League.

The stakes are high for boss Rafa Benitez, who has sent four players - Yossi Benayoun, Albert Riera, Glen Johnson and Fabio Aurelio - to Belgrade this week for controversial placenta cell treatment on their injuries.

All four, plus injured duo Daniel Agger and Steven Gerrard, should be available to face City, while Hughes will not be able to call on the injured Robinho.

The manager said: "After a run of drawn games it is the perfect match for us. We have to be playing at our best to get a positive result and I am sure the reverse is true. They will be looking to prove a few people wrong."

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