Firstly, on your assessment of the two lineups.
1 - Sakho is young and promising, but to claim "he'll be on a par with Kompany in 2 years" is just pie in the sky thinking. Kompany is one of, if not the, best centre half in World football, Sakho has a long, long way to go until he's at that level, if he ever reaches it.
2 - Johnson and Zabaleta aren't equal, Zabaleta is better as he's a far more capable defender whilst also being able to contribute offensively. Zabaleta and Ivanovic are the league's two best right backs.
3 - Why on earth you've decided to link Sterling and Navas is beyond me. Ignoring the fact I'd have Navas over Sterling anyway, it will likely be Nasri and not Navas who plays, and Nasri is far better than Sterling as a footballer.
4 - Quite why you've decided to link Dzeko with Sturridge, and then Suarez with Aguero is also baffling, although I guess I shouldn't really be "baffled" as it was the only way to get another Liverpool player in the lineup. Clearly the 2 best forards, by some distance, in our two squads are Suarez and Aguero. To claim Sturridge and not Aguero should be in the 11 based solely on who you compare to who, is farcical.
So, essentially, in an 11 man starting lineup, you'd probably have 2 or 3 Liverpool players. Saurez is a given, Sakho/Skrtel would probably be the other centre half (although that's more down to our lack of quality there than anything else, something we'll address in the summer) whereas Gerrard is probably marginally ahead of Fernandinho, but that's a margin that's likely to close given Gerrard will be 34 a few weeks after the season ends so isn't going to get any better and likely will decline sooner rather than later.
Liverpool's season has been superb, but you're kidding yourselves if you think the Anfield "atmosphere" will have any real affect on City's players. They've all played in some very intense atmospheres over the past few seasons, Old Trafford, the Bernabeu, The Nou Camp, The Allianz Arena, several cup games at Wembley, it's nothing new to them.
You're entitled to be bullish about your prospects of winning but it's worth noting that City's last 10 away league games (after a horrible start to the season) read as follows, won 7, drawn 3, lost 0, scored 24 conceded 9, 24 points from 30 on offer. We haven't lost an away league game since early November, that's 5 months ago! Add to that the fact that 5 of our last 6 trips to Anfield have ended in draws and a Liverpool win isn't looking like the most obvious of results.
