After a very hard fought draw at the Emirates,Liverpool at Eastland on Sunday to play Manchester City.Liverpool yet to beat any team above them this season.Beatinq Manchester City on Sunday would virtually hand over the titile to Manchester United. This is one too close to call, City missing Kampany in the heart of their defence. My prediction:Manchester City 1 :1Liverpool. Other Fixtures and predictions: Saturday 2nd February 2013 Barclays Premier League QPR V Norwich 2:1 Arsenal V Stoke 2:2 Everton V Aston Villa 3:1 Newcastle V Chelsea 2:3 Reading V Sunderland 2:1 West Ham V Swansea 2:2 Wigan V Southampton 2:1 Fulham V Man Utd 1:2 Sunday 3rd February 2013 West Brom V Tottenham 2:2 Man City V Liverpool 1:1
QPR V Norwich 2-0 Arsenal V Stoke 1-1 Everton V Aston Villa 3-0 Newcastle V Chelsea 1-3 Reading V Sunderland 0-0 West Ham V Swansea 0-1 Wigan V Southampton 1-1 Fulham V Man Utd 1-3 West Brom V Tottenham 0-2 Man City V Liverpool 4-2
QPR V Norwich 1-0 Arsenal V Stoke 2-1 Everton V Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle V Chelsea 0-1 Reading V Sunderland 0-1 West Ham V Swansea 0-2 Wigan V Southampton 1-3 Fulham V Man Utd 0-3 West Brom V Tottenham 0-2 Man City V Liverpool 2-1
QPR V Norwich 1:2 Arsenal V Stoke 2:2 Everton V Aston Villa 3:1 Newcastle V Chelsea 1:3 Reading V Sunderland 2:2 West Ham V Swansea 2:1 Wigan V Southampton 2:1 Fulham V Man Utd 1:2 Sunday 3rd February 2013 West Brom V Tottenham 2:1 Man City V Liverpool 0:2
Lawro's verdict 1:1 draw Man City v Liverpool (16:00 GMT) Manchester City begin life without Mario Balotelli, and I think they will be better off without him. Balotelli's record of goals per game for them was decent but he still had the tendency to go off and do his own thing. Cautious City pay the price "Manchester United know that one point is not worth a lot when you go away to a lot of Premier League grounds. You really need to go and get three and that is the difference between United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and City manager Roberto Mancini. "City would have been better off going to QPR on Tuesday, making it an open game and taking them on like United do. United don't mind leaving themselves open at the back to give teams a little bit of bait and open themselves up - we would occasionally do the same at Liverpool when we were chasing games, by just leaving two at the back. You would say to the opposition 'we will let you play' and, as soon as they got some encouragement, we would go 'bang' and go up the other end and score. "You have to really go for it when it looks like all you are going to get is a point, especially when you are a few points behind in the title race like City were, and when they knew United would go and beat Southampton the next day." The public loved him because he was so entertaining and there was a story about him every day, but he was like the naughty kid in the class - he stops the rest of the class from progressing because the teacher - or Roberto Mancini in City's case - has to spend all his time worrying about what he is up to. Sometimes Balotelli looked completely disinterested during games, and this season there were more times when he didn't look bothered that when he did. Compare that to the work-rate of Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez up front, and that is why City will not miss him much. Just think how good a player Balotelli could be if he had that same attitude during games. It will still be entertaining to see what he gets up to in Milan but he is someone else's problem now, though. Mancini is probably relieved about that, but he still has a lot to think about in terms of his side's title defence. City dropped points against QPR at Loftus Road on Tuesday and they will find it tough against Liverpool too. The Reds played really well for an hour against Arsenal in midweek, and it was interesting to see that Jamie Carragher came back into their defence for that game, and made a difference. I think this will be a tight game, but there have to be worries over City's defence with Vincent Kompany out injured. If Matija Nastasic is not fit, then Javi Garcia will have to drop into defence again and, if they show any sort of weakness then Luis Suarez will take them apart. I have to take my hat off to Suarez because he has dropped a little bit deeper since Daniel Sturridge arrived and taken a different role but he has been even better. I just wonder if Mancini will play three defensive-minded midfielders just to try to nullify him. United could be 10 points clear by the time this game starts but I think it is an advantage for City to know what United have done, and that might affect Mancini's thinking. It has to. Lawro's prediction: 1-1
QPR V Norwich 2:1 Arsenal V Stoke 3:1 Everton V Aston Villa 2:0 Newcastle V Chelsea 0:2 Reading V Sunderland 0:1 West Ham V Swansea 1:1 Wigan V Southampton 0:0 Fulham V Man Utd 0:3 Sunday 3rd February 2013 West Brom V Tottenham 0:1 Man City V Liverpool 4:3
