Manchester City v Liverpool

• 2015 BST kick-off on Sky Sports Premier League
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Newly-crowned Premier League champions Liverpool will play for the first time since sealing the title. Who better to give them a guard of honour than Manchester City, their title rivals who have surrendered their crown after two years?

Pep Guardiola's side will not enjoy doing it and you can be sure that they will be back even stronger next season. This is their first chance to get some immediate revenge on Jurgen Klopp's side and to also bounce back from their defeat at Chelsea.

They do not lose too often and when they do, they usually come out firing in the next game, so hopefully we have a blockbuster rather than a dead rubber on Thursday evening.

Liverpool did their celebrating before returning to training on Saturday and Klopp will not let them take their foot off the gas just yet. Will they go for a points record? Or will they give youngsters a chance and rest their stars for next season? Who knows just yet, but they should be close to full strength for the short trip to the Etihad to face their rivals of recent years.

Deciding the outcome of this one can always be tricky. The last few years have brought a variety of results. Four wins for Liverpool in their last seven meetings (Premier League and Champions League), two for City (including a 5-0) and a draw, so Klopp has got the edge over Guardiola of late.

Liverpool being Liverpool, City being so good going forward yet still showing defensive frailties...from weighing up the various angles, it feels best that the betting is focused on markets which do not rely on the final outcome.