The City boss has been left exasperated by the Frenchman in recent weeks but will be hoping he is ready to return to action at Anfield
Manchester City usually cope without Benjamin Mendy.
After all, they won the Premier League in record-breaking fashion in his absence last season, and in the past month they have won six of their seven games.
Pep Guardiola has simply converted Fabian Delph into a very capable deputy and even when the England man is unavailable, the City boss has been able to call on Oleksandr Zinchenko (if there's not much defending to be done) or Danilo (if there is).