Liverpool will welcome Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday in what defender Mamadou Sakho believes could be the club's most important game in 24 years.

The Merseyside club are four points ahead of the Citizens but their opponents hold two games in hand. The clash this Sunday plays a major role in the Premier League title race this season and could be an important win for each of the sides. Sakho claims his side deserve to be at the top of the table and will give their maximum on Sunday. 

Of course this could be the biggest match Liverpool have played in 24 years, You win three points but it's worth a lot more. It is a match that will place the winner in the best position to win the title.
 
I hope we win. In any case we are ready for combat. We play at home and have our fans behind us. We will give everything. Ever since I arrived at the club, I said it. I told my team-mates that we are capable of winning the title.
 
We have the quality and we just have to believe it. And - voila! - as the season progressed we saw Liverpool grow in strength playing such beautiful football. We've not stolen the position where we are today. We deserve to be where we are. We are confident about facing their strikers. City score a lot of goals but so do we.
It will be two beautiful attacks against two strong defences. It's a top match pitting two top teams against each other fighting for the title. I have not spoken a lot about matches before we play them. We will see on D-day who is better prepared to take the points. The last time Liverpool won the title I was four months old and now I am 24 - I had just been born. Honestly, we will give everything until the last second of the last match.
The 24-year old French international praised manager Brendan Rodgers for his charisma and his effort in bringing out the maximum potential from every player. 
Rodgers manages to get the maximum out of every player. It's hugely important and not every coach has that charisma. He must keep all the players interested and each time he calls up a player they respond with a performance. Like I did at West Ham.
 
It's been four months and I haven't played with injury. I had the chance to express myself, and I was there. I felt like a lion before the match. It had been four months and I was hungry to come back strongly.
Sakho sustained a leg injury in December and returned in the club's 2-1 win victory over West Ham last week. He joined Liverpool from Paris Saint-Germain at the beginning of the season.