Man City star Erling Haaland identifies 'amazing' Liverpool player he's been blown away by this season ahead of crunch Premier League meeting at Anfield

The Cityzens are looking to climb to the summit of the Premier League and only a victory in Merseyside on Sunday afternoon can guarantee that. Ahead of this heavyweight contest, the City striker singled out midfielder Szoboszlai for praise - with the £60 million ($77.1m) summer recruit scoring six goals and bagging four assists in all competitions so far.

He told City's website: “I think how the Premier League is, it all comes down to being up there and to then, in the last few months, be the best team. That is how you have to do it. It is going to be a really massive game and there are loads of upcoming nice games over the next months. That is why we play football, because of these games. They have got some great players as well. They have bought some new players too. [Dominik] Szoboszlai is amazing. Liverpool have many great players, but the good thing is that we also have many good players. We need to be brave when we play our football, and we need to be ready. We will try to beat them.”

Both City and Liverpool have a huge amount to play for in this contest as the former are looking to secure back to back trebles and the latter are aiming for an historic quadruple. A win for either side will hugely dent the other's Premier League title chances and may deliver a psychological blow in their pursuit of other silverware.

After this box office encounter, Liverpool host Sparta Praha in the second leg of their last 16 Europa League tie on Thursday - where they hold a 5-1 aggregate advantage. City, on the other hand, take on Newcastle United next Saturday in the quarter finals of the FA Cup.