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Paul Scholes is backing one side in particular when Liverpool take on Manchester City at the Etihad on Wednesday evening.

Should he choose to view it, the Manchester United legend will have to watch two sides he positively hates square off in a first versus second super match.

Liverpool currently top the table by six clear points and are still unbeaten in the Premier League. Following two defeats and a draw in City's past five games, Pep Guardiola's men have slipped to third and are seven points behind the Reds.

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Jurgen Klopp's side are now the favourites to the lift the Premier League trophy come April and end a title drought stretching back to 1990.

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When the pair battled it out for the title in the 2013/14 season, Gary Neville famously said: "Liverpool vs City is like choosing between two men to steal your wife."

Former team-mate Scholes has now been asked if picking a side for Wednesday team is choosing the lesser of two evils, to which he responded: "No it’s not, I want City to win."

Clearly bridging the gap and denting Liverpool's title challenge means more to Scholes than City winning.

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Klopp was discussing his opposition ahead of the fixture and said: "We have to be as good as possible, be brave, full of desire, angry, but with the knowledge that they [City] are, for me, still the best team in the world.

"That is 100% my opinion — how they play, what they have achieved, what they will achieve. Nothing has changed. It is a strong team with an outstanding manager.

"And we are a very, very, very good football team as well. That’s why we have the amount of points, that’s why we had the results, that’s clear. But we prepare for one game."