De Bruyne vs Salah: Premier League greats set for final World Cup showdown

There are no two players more pivotal to the Manchester City-Liverpool rivalry that dominated the Premier League in the late 2010s and early 2020s than Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah.

After years battling for supremacy in English football, the two meet, perhaps for one final time, as Belgium take on Egypt in the opening Group G contest of the 2026 World Cup on Monday evening.