Pep Guardiola insisted that Manchester City will embrace a full Anfield after breaking their 18-year-old hoodoo at Liverpool inside an empty stadium.
City had picked up just one point from Guardiola’s four Premier League visits before thumping Jurgen Klopp’s side 4-1 last February – the club’s first victory there since May 2003.
The City manager believes his players can use a capacity crowd to help an occasion that pits two of the title favourites against each other.
‘I’m very pleased Anfield is full again and we can go there to play a game,’ Guardiola said.