Where is Pep Guardiola? Why Pep Lijnders is on the Man City bench against former team Liverpool in the FA Cup
Liverpool fans will recognise a familiar face in the opposition dugout when they take on Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.
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Manchester City host Liverpool in the latest instalment of English football's defining modern rivalry in the FA Cup sixth round on Saturday. Mohamed Salah will bid farewell to the fixture, having announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of this season. There are increasingly fewer familiar faces remaining from the peak Pep Guardiola vs Jurgen Klopp years still around.
City captain Bernardo Silva is out of contract at the end of this season and could lead the Blues against Liverpool for the final time. However, another of the main faces of this 21st-century argument will also not be out on the grass in Manchester this weekend. MORE: Man City vs.
Liverpool as it happens Where is Pep Guardiola for Man City vs. Liverpool City manager Guardiola will watch Saturday's match from the Etihad Stadium stands as he serves the second of a two-match ban for yellow card accumulation. Guardiola was also absent from the dugout for City's 0-0 draw at West Ham last month.