"Okay man, call it off", "I am done man" - Manchester City fans perplexed as Guardiola names XI for Liverpool clash

Manchester City fans are left baffled with Pep Guardiola's starting XI against Liverpool in the Premier League. The match will be played on Sunday, December 1, at Anfield.

Manchester City's starting lineup against Liverpool consists of Stefan Ortega, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Rico Lewis, İlkay Gündoğan, Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

Pep Guardiola has decided to put Ederson, Scott Carson, Jack Grealish, Jérémy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, Joško Gvardiol, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly, and James McAtee on the bench.

Manchester City have not been performing well lately, facing three losses in their last five Premier League fixtures. Overall across competitions, they have lost five out of their last six matches, with the most recent one ending in a 3-3 draw against Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League. This slump is also the worst in Pep Guardiola's managerial career.

Fans took to social media and made posts about being perplexed by Pep Guardiola's decision about Manchester City's starting XI against Liverpool amid their current critical form. Here are some of the reactions from X:

One fan wrote:

"Okay man call it off"

Another wrote:

"What is this lineup. l am done man"

"What’s stopping Liverpool from putting 3 past this squad?" chimed in another fan.

One account posted:

"Yeah we are done"

Another tweeted:

"6 loses in a row"

"I ain’t watching this game. The L is soo glaring," posted another.

One user wrote:

"Liverpool going to increase the lead"

While another wrote:

"Liverpool will batter this team"

Manchester City are currently fifth in the Premier League table with 23 points from 12 matches. Pep Guardiola's squad are in desperate need of a win in this big-ticket fixture to still have a shot at the title. They are currently eight points behind leaders Liverpool having played the same number of matches.

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Gary Neville backs Liverpool to win against Manchester City in the Premier League clash

Football pundit Gary Neville has made a bold prediction in favor of Liverpool in their Premier League clash against Manchester City. While speaking on The Overlap US' It's Called Soccer, the Manchester United legend addressed the drop in form in Pep Guardiola's side and said:

"I think L'pool versus Manchester City is really interesting. I’m doing the game and can’t wait for it because there is a lot riding on it. I’ve never seen City look as vulnerable in the Pep Guardiola era. Jamie Redknapp mentioned this and I thought it was a really good point, where he said that the pressure, all of a sudden, in this fixture is on L'pool in the sense that everyone will expect L'pool to win because everyone is beating City!"

"What will that do to L'pool? I think L'pool will win. Looking at City at this moment in time, when you feel that intensity and passion that L'pool have, I think they could run all over them is my gut feeling. But there is that Pep Guardiola, these group of players have achieved a lot in this last four, five years, you could never write them off. Is this the day that basically they’re poked that much that they stir and something happens? It could be but my feeling is that L'pool will win this game. But the pressure, I think, is on L'pool to win, more than it is on City to win because of what has happened," added Gary Neville.

Liverpool have a good record against Manchester City, having won 93 of the 196 matches played between them, while the latter has managed 50 victories.