Liverpool travel to Manchester City, Premier League buildup and more – matchday live

8.47am GMT Championship news: Eight home losses did for Liam Manning at Norwich. City have been off the ball, to say the least. Related: Championship roundup: Norwich sack Manning after defeat to Leicester Related: Coventry extend Championship lead after late Mason-Clark strike sinks Stoke 8.45am GMT Will Unwin got to sit down with Liverpool’s hottest striker. What other guidance has Slot offered Ekitiké? “Obviously keep my shirt on,” he says with a smile. “I would say he’s on my back, but not for a bad thing. He just wants to help me, so I don’t take that badly. He wants me to give more and more. Maybe sometimes you feel like it’s a little bit too much and you want to complain. It’s a good thing because I think if a coach doesn’t like you, he will not speak to you or not try to get the best of you.” Related: Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitiké on taking tips from Messi, Neymar and Mbappé 8.42am GMT Important story from Suzanne Wrack. Related: ‘Never lose hope’: how a new Afghanistan women’s team helps refugees cope with trauma 8.31am GMT Jonathan Wilson has previewed Sunday’s big game; it’s not a title decider, more an eliminator. Never before, not even in the four years when he had Lionel Messi in his side at Barcelona, has Guardiola focused his play so much on one player. After overhauling his squad since January, everything is geared to creating chances for Erling Haaland, who has scored a preposterous 27 goals in 17 games for club and country this season. City’s leading scorer in the league this season after Haaland is Maxime Estève, who scored two own goals in City’s 5-1 win over Burnley in September. Once Guardiola would demand his side played 15 or 20 passes to deal with a potential counter before launching an attack; now everything is about trying to play Haaland in quickly behind the opposing defensive line. Related: Overhauls on hold as fixture squeeze has Liverpool and City playing it safe | Jonathan Wilson 8.28am GMT It’s looking grim for Fulham at the moment. Everton are having an Everton season, sat in 11th. Related: Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane on target as Everton sink Fulham 8.27am GMT Another win for West Ham, but more rebellion among the fans. Related: West Ham lift gloom with win over Burnley as fans fume at ownership 8.23am GMT Wolves may have a new manager soon, and Rob Edwards has a job on his hands. Related: Malo Gusto’s first professional goal sets up Chelsea cruise past winless Wolves Related: Middlesbrough give Rob Edwards permission to hold talks over Wolves job 8.22am GMT The day began with late drama at Tottenham. Related: Amorim lays into ‘too comfortable’ Manchester United after seesaw draw at Spurs Related: Explosive ending cannot mask flaws of Tottenham and Manchester United | Jonathan Wilson Related: De Ligt snatches last-gasp draw for Manchester United in chaotic finale at Spurs 8.20am GMT Let’s begin the review of Saturday’s action with Arsenal’s late slip at Sunderland. Related: Arteta frustrated and disappointed by Arsenal’s inability to see off Sunderland Related: Sunderland fight back with late Brobbey equaliser to hold leaders Arsenal 8.18am GMT Premier League fixtures today: Crystal Palace v Brighton Aston Villa v Bournemouth Brentford v Newcastle Nottingham Forest v Leeds Manchester City v Liverpool 8.04am GMT Preamble Good morning, football. A busy day awaits, and one of the blue – and red – riband fixtures of the season as Manchester City welcome Liverpool for Pep Guardiola’s 1000th game in management. All that, and a review of Saturday’s action. There’s talk the title race might be back on. Join me.