TITLE RIVALS VIE FOR PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR GONGS

LIVERPOOL and Manchester City dominate the six-man shortlist for the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award, with Virgil Van Dijk and Raheem Sterling the front-runners.

Van Dijk joins Reds team-mate Sadio Mane on the list, while Sterling is included alongside fellow City stars Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva.

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard completes the nominees for the 2018-19 campaign, with the winner scheduled to be announced on April 28.

City duo Sterling and Silva, both 24, also make the shortlist for Young Player of the Year. They are joined by Liverpool defender Trent AlexanderArnold, West Ham midfielder Declan Rice, Bournemouth winger David Brooks and Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford.