Two hot a battle!

Liverpool and Manchester City resume their quest for historic trophy hauls on Saturday at the start of a seasondefining month for both Premier League title contendersCity chasing a treble are one point clear at the top of the table but Liverpool with an unprecedented quadruple in their sights are the form team after narrowing a 14point gap between the sides in recent weeksJurgen Pep face off twiceJurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola will face off twice this month first in a potential title decider at the Etihad on April 10 before an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley the following weekWatfordrsquos visit to Anfield and Cityrsquos trip to Burnley should on paper be gentle openers to a week that includes Champions League quarterfinal action for both sidesAlcantara excitedldquoIn the years that I have been involved in football I never had a month so exciting like this with such important and exciting matches every three daysrdquo said Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara formerly a Champions League winner with Barcelona and Bayern Munich ldquoIt will be amazingrdquoHowever Watford and Burnley are also desperately in need of points as they try to climb out of the relegation zone Liverpool boss Klopp has a difficult balancing act after an emotionally exhausting week for many his stars involved in World Cup qualifying Sadio Mane again got the better of Mohamed Salah as Senegal beat Egypt on penalties to qualify for Qatar 2022 after winning the Africa Cup of Nations final on spotkicks just two months agoContrasting fortunesThere were also contrasting fortunes for two of the German managerrsquos other players Diogo Jota helped Portugal qualify but Luis Diazrsquos Colombia missed out An early kickoff gives Liverpool the chance to climb to the top of the table for the first time since October But City will be confident of reclaiming top spot even if they are displaced for a few hours after a run of nine consecutive wins in all competitions against Burnley Sean Dychersquos men may have one eye on Wednesdayrsquos huge clash at home to Everton in the battle to beat the drop Everton have a threepoint advantage over the bottom three and the pressure is on to maintain their 68year run in the top flight after their balance sheet took another big hitThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever