The team has to be balanced enough to take on City - which currently have a pretty good attacking line-up, but are too vulnerable in the defense. What concerns me the most is the fact that we last won against city in 2008, 2-3, in which Torres scored twice; plus City have not lost a home opening game in the past 5 years.
-----------------------Reina----------------------
Johnson-------Carragher------Skrtel--------Aurelio
---------------------Mashcerano-------------------
----------Gerrard-----------------Poulsen---------
----------------------Jovanovic-------------------
--------------Babel--------------Torres-----------
Subs: Jones, Kuyt, Lucas, Pacheco, Kelly, Kyrgiakos, Rodriguez.