Under new management in Lauris Coggin, and with fresh faces having made the step up to Under-18s football over the summer, a new-look side was ready to welcome Liverpool to the City Football Academy on Saturday to begin our title defence.
Last season’s league home tie with the Reds saw City fall to our first defeat of the season.
And the young blues will have been determined to not only begin the new campaign with a positive result, but also rectify last time out against Liverpool.
So, who would get the first set of three points of 2026/27?
CITY+ subscribers can find out via the full-match replay above...
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