Kevin De Bruyne could make a shock return for Manchester City at Anfield this weekend.
The central midfielder – ahead of schedule following August’s knee ligament injury - started training with Pep Guardiola’s squad this week.
Guardiola confirmed De Bruyne is back in normal sessions and suggested there is a chance he may be involved against Liverpool.
‘We will see tomorrow,’ Guardiola said. ‘He made a part of the training session. He is training with us, yes.’
De Bruyne had initially been eyeing up the Manchester derby on November 11 as a potential comeback but has made real progress over the last fortnight.
Sunday could yet come a week too soon for the Belgian and his injury was in part put down to De Bruyne's heavy summer but he is eyeing the first derby of the season as a possible comeback.
City – who are keeping an eye on Ilkay Gundogan’s fitness - are taking a different route through Merseyside after the attack on their bus before April’s Champions League defeat.
Their coach will be equipped with cameras to capture any wrongdoing and Guardiola added: ‘Liverpool should be upset, not me. The police knew it before it happened. Now they know what happened and I don’t know what will happen.’
The City manager also addressed suggestions Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool have sussed them out.
‘Good, congratulations – they are right,’ he said. ‘We won the Premier League. We won at home in the league and lost there. The Champions League is completely different.’