Manchester City v Arsenal: Premier League – live

Arsenal are also in action in the Conti Cup final. Xaymaca Awoyungbo has the latest from that one.

• Guardiola rouses City to rise to the occasion again

• Arteta urges Arsenal to embrace the moment

• Declan Rice: this is the real quiz

• Yara El-Shaboury: Easter games that have shaped the title race

• Karen Carney: Goal machine meets false 9

• Guardiola: Arsenal’s title push ‘easy’ compared to City

• Jonathan Wilson: Why defenders are the middle men

• Barney Ronay: Title drama enters its final act

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There are 10 minutes remaining at Anfield, where Liverpool are aiming to go top of the league for a few hours at least. If you don’t want to know the score, look away now.

No huge surprises in either side. City prefer Mateo Kovacic to Julian Alvarez; Arsenal have picked Gabriel Jesus ahead of Leandro Trossard. Jesus could play up front but I suspect he’ll play from the left wing.

John Stones is fit enough for the bench but City are without both Ederson and Kyle Walker. Gabriel Martinelli is fit enough for the Arsenal bench.

Man City (possible 4-2-3-1) Ortega; Akanji, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; De Bernardo, De Bruyne, Foden; Haaland.
Substitutes: Stones, Grealish, Doku, Alvarez, Gomez, Matheus Luiz, Carson, Bobb, Lewis.

Arsenal (possible 4-1-4-1) Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Jorginho; Saka, Odegaard, Rice, Gabriel Jesus; Havertz.
Substitutes: Ramsdale, Partey, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah, Tomiyasu, Trossard, Vieira, Zinchenko.

Arsenal are about to find out how good they really are, in front of 53,000 witnesses*. For the aspiring hegemonists of English football, a trip to the Etihad – especially towards the end of the season – is the ultimate litmus test. It’s even more acute for Arsenal after what happened 11 months ago, when Kevin De Bruyne gave them a chilling lesson in the difference between league leaders and league champions.

It will be a surprise if Arsenal aren’t more competitive this year – they have William Saliba and Declan Rice, and City have a few insecurities of their own. They are without key players in defence, start the game in third place and, almost unthinkably, haven’t beaten a team in the top five this season.

All endings are on the table, from another City muscle-flex to another Arsenal coming-of-age victory in the north west. Don’t rule out a tedious draw either; these games can’t always like up to the hype. But when they do, they give us an experience like no other.

Kick off 4.30pm.

*This line is nicked from David Lacey, my favourite football writer. It’s too good not to use, your honour.