(Reuters) - Manchester City's home clash with Liverpool offers the first chance for the two Premier League title favourites to go head-to-head this season but Pep Guardiola believes this year's race will have many more contenders.
City and Liverpool went toe-to-toe in an unprecedented battle in 2018-19 before City claimed the title with 98 points to Liverpool's 97 but Liverpool walked away with it last season.
" are the biggest favourite but with the pandemic the situation is a bit different," Guardiola told reporters ahead of Sunday's clash at the Etihad. "Chelsea in the beginning is so stable now and has a huge squad for rotating top players. United in this moment is not in terms of results but we saw the quality they had last season, we suffered a lot in results and up front they are incredibly fast and clinical.
City will be without injured striker Sergio Aguero but Gabriel Jesus is fit for Sunday's clash, which Guardiola says is important but far from decisive even if defeat would leave his side eight points behind Juergen Klopp's team.
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