E166: Under pressure? For Liverpool v Man City again? In Football Manager? [Live Episode]

For the second, third and final times in this Football Manager journey of ours, it's back to the Etihad we go this week as Ken's Liverpool make the trip to Shane's 'The Manchester' to settle the trilogy and close out the season.

With a 5-1 aggregate lead from last week's Champions League semi-final, Ken reckons he has this one in the bag, until he realises that the Liverpool prodigy-in-the-making, Fred Kalenga, is going to have to make an appearance with Yunus Musah collecting a potential season-ending injury as soon as we click continue this week. He joins a list including Jude Bellingham, Luis Diaz and Curtis Jones with long-term injuries, while Barello and Roberton still have red cards to contend with. City are bruised but not beaten and they're going full Leeroy Jenkins to try claw a place in this year's Champions League final.

While it seems a long shot, odds are a lot shorter when City and Liverpool have to meet for the final time in the Premier League. When it comes, the gap is only six points. City have a game in hand, with three to play. With likely one episode left for our Premier League adventure, is this the week the title finally goes to the blue half of Manchester, or will there be another twist in the tale that's been our longest season ever.

It's all go, complete with added pressures, frustrations and everything else that Football Manager typically brings, so join us over a break where we get stuck into the run-in for our final stay in England.

Contains strong language.

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Ken | #FMFShow

Football Manager content. Alter ego of @kenmcguire. Co-host weekly FM podcast @fmfshow. Writes about sport for a living. Currently: Kilkenny City, Benfica #FM23

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Shane O'Keeffe

I get to do fun things. Proud founding member of Dicemen Productions and KCLR Sport presenter/producer amongst other things

What is The Football Manager Football Show?

Join Ken McGuire and Shane O'Keeffe every Friday as they take on the world one league at a time in The Football Manager Football Show, a podcast all about the world of Football Manager and gaming, sprinkled with some real-life football chat.