Liverpool v Arsenal: Premier League – Live! | Football

“Can we play Xhaka yellow card bingo?” says Ruth Purdue. “I have minute 12. No tenant?”

Bingo responsibly.

The players are on the field and ready for action. The next two hours shouldn’t be boring.

“With Arteta, Arsenal seem to have coherent strategies”, writes Juan. “The team selection is easy to understand and appropriate to their tactics for each game. The players seem to know what they are doing. It won’t help us tonight, mind. “

“Keita moves the ball forward in central areas running with him or with quick short passes, ”says Niall Mullen. “I’m not sure how effective he has been on this team that likes to attack from the outside, but I like to see him.”

Oh yeah, I’m not saying it’s the new Istvan Kozma; It just hasn’t stood out when I’ve seen it. That said, and oddly enough, it’s hard to judge non-featured players when blogging live because you spend half the game writing / looking at emails / asking if you get paid to write this.

“As an Everton fan It’s extremely rare to look down on either team at the table, let alone both, so under the circumstances, my desired result is a draw, ”says Matt Burtz. “If Liverpool must win, I would prefer it to be by a single goal. If Arsenal win, well, let’s consider that if it really happens. And yes, I am aware that only three games have been played, but I will take what I can get.

“Naby Keita seems to be having a gaming streak for the moment, regardless of who else is fit, ”says Ben Raza. “It’s been hot and cold (and mostly lukewarm) since coming to Anfield. I think the first part of this season seems to be his last big break. “

I almost thought Curtis Jones might start tonight. Keita has never been that Impressive when I’ve seen him, but I get the impression that I’ve missed his best games. Liverpool have a lot of depth in central midfield now.

Diogo Jota is on Liverpool’s bench, but Thiago is out with a minor injury. Alisson starts, had doubts about an unspecified injury, and Fabinho returns to midfield to replace the injured Jordan Henderson.

Mikel Arteta has chosen a slightly more cautious team: Rob Holding, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Mohamed Elneny preferred Gabriel, Bukayo Saka and Dani Ceballos. On the bench is new goalkeeper Alex Runarsson.

Liverpool (4-3-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gómez, van Dijk, Robertson; Keita, Fabinho, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Substitutes: Adrian, Williams, Milner, Jones, Minamino, Jota, Origi.

Arsenal (3-4-3) Log; Holding, David Luiz, Tierney; Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles; Willian, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Substitutes: Runarsson, Gabriel, Saka, Kolasinac, Ceballos, Pepe, Nketiah.

Arsenal: your country needs you. Sure, it’s the same country that has made fun of you for most of the last decade, but you have to understand that they were just jokes. Besides, we all need a favor. Because if someone doesn’t undermine Liverpool very soon, the 2020-21 title race will end at Christmas for the second year in a row.

While the rest of the Big Six have started the season in various states of chaos, Arsenal have won their first two games and start tonight’s game ahead of Liverpool on goal difference. Yes, those wins were against Fulham and West Ham, but they have continued Arsenal’s obvious improvement with Mikel Arteta.

They beat Liverpool, albeit on a dead rubber, at the end of last season and then again on penalties at the Community Shield. Anfield is a whole new level of difficulty, a place where Arsenal have fallen apart in recent seasons. In his last eight visits, he has conceded 30 goals.

Arsenal have players to damage a Liverpool defense that has been a bit sloppy in recent months. But while they have improved themselves at the rear, keeping Liverpool quiet at Anfield is next to impossible. For Gabriel, David Luiz and Kieran Tierney, for the entire Arsenal team, this is the real questionnaire.

Liverpool are an incredible team that, for the moment, seem unstoppable. So did Arsenal in the fall of 2002 and 2004, but they did not win the league in either season. Things can change, such is the primacy of trust, but for that to happen, someone urgently needs to introduce Liverpool’s mentality monsters into the concept of doubt. Leeds almost made it; Chelsea did not come near. Now it’s Arsenal’s turn. For once, the nation is with them.

Kick off 8 pm BST.