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After seeing off our north London rivals final weekend, the large video games preserve coming as Sunday sees us purpose to win an eighth recreation in succession on our personal patch when Liverpool go to Emirates Stadium.

That dwelling type would possibly show essential in turning round a poor latest file in opposition to the Reds. We now have solely gained certainly one of our final 14 Premier League matches in opposition to Jurgen Klopp’s group, however head into this encounter 11 factors forward of our opponents after their sticky begin to the season.

The Merseysiders are but to style victory on their travels this time period, however bought again to successful methods at dwelling to Rangers on Tuesday evening within the Champions League as Klopp goals to get his group taking part in like title contenders once more, having already dropped 11 factors – half of their whole whole final season.

Sluggish begins costing Klopp

Uncharacteristically, Liverpool have been sluggish out of the blocks this season – in each matches and the marketing campaign as a complete. They’ve conceded first in 5 of their seven league video games, an element that meant it took them 4 makes an attempt to register a win – albeit a 9-0 wallopping of Bournemouth.

Whereas they adopted that up with a last-gasp victory in opposition to Newcastle United, attracts in opposition to Everton and Brighton left them ninth within the desk going into this weekend’s fixtures. A 4-1 beating by Napoli within the Champions League additionally triggered concern, which was allayed considerably by the routine 2-0 win in opposition to Rangers.

One participant who has impressed is Roberto Firmino, who has netted 5 instances in six Premier League video games, as many as he scored in 20 appearances final time period. That’s unhealthy information for us, because the Brazilian has scored 9 objectives in opposition to us, greater than another opponent.

What the managers say

Arteta on Liverpool: “Liverpool are a powerful group. It is a fixture that everyone’s searching for, in opposition to an opponent that has proven within the final 5 or 6 years the extent that they’ve. And we’ve to point out these opponents once more that we’ve reached the extent and we’re able to compete in opposition to them.

“I am not right here to evaluate what Liverpool are. I am right here to speak about what we do. I believe what they’ve finished within the final 5 years would not want any presentation – it is clear. They have been up there in each single competitors for the final 5 years, so credit score to them.” – read every word of Mikel’s press conference

Klopp on us: “All my respect, wow. Actually, actually good job. Whenever you want a while, no one needs to present you time and possibly not all of us deserve time, since you nonetheless need to be good to make use of the time – and that’s what Mikel clearly did. I’ve to say, actually numerous respect for it.

“They’d loads of expertise already in the previous couple of years. The final line is now very well settled, they discovered a approach how they wish to defend. It’s a younger group, a really thrilling group, doing very well and [that] they’re within the place they’re [is] nicely deserved. Now we go there. Clearly we don’t take into consideration the video games we performed in opposition to them [last season] as a result of it makes not an excessive amount of sense. We’ll attempt to trigger them issues, I believe that is sensible. So, I’m trying ahead to it.”

Crew information

We shall be with out Emile Smith Rowe and Mohamed Elneny.

Having returned to coaching and being named on the bench in midweek, Ibrahima Konate may very well be set for his first aggressive motion of the season after selecting up an harm in pre-season.

Andrew Robertson is prone to miss out with a knee challenge, whereas in midfield Naby Keita, Curtis Jones and former Gunner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can even sit this one out.

Details and stats

Gabriel Jesus has been concerned in six objectives in his eight Premier League video games in opposition to Liverpool (4 objectives, 2 assists), with all 4 objectives coming in dwelling video games.

Diogo Jota has six objectives in eight Premier League appearances in opposition to us, together with 5 in 4 for the Reds. He’s averaging a objective each 67 minutes, the perfect ratio of any participant in Premier League historical past to play at the very least 200 minutes in opposition to us.

We now have misplaced our final 4 in a row in opposition to the Reds, however have by no means misplaced 5 league video games in a row in opposition to Liverpool.

We’re on a run of 13 Premier League matches with out a clear sheet in opposition to Liverpool, conceding 39 objectives in these video games. We now have solely had one longer run in opposition to an opponent within the competitors: 14 versus Man Metropolis (ongoing).

Liverpool have but to win away from dwelling within the Premier League this season, drawing twice and shedding as soon as of their three video games – not since 2010/11 beneath Roy Hodgson have the Reds did not win any of their first 4 away league video games in a single marketing campaign.

Match officers

This would be the first sighting of Michael Oliver as a referee for certainly one of our video games since we beat Wolves 1-0 again in February. We now have gained 20 of the earlier 47 video games he has officiated.

Sunday’s conflict would be the eighth time he has refereed an Arsenal v Liverpool recreation and we’ve but to win certainly one of them, drawing three and shedding 4. Final season he oversaw each journeys to Anfield – the goalless draw within the League Cup, in addition to the 4-0 league defeat.

• Referee: Michael Oliver
• Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt
• Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett
• Fourth Official: Andrew Madley
• VAR: Darren England
• Extra VAR: Edward Good

Latest encounters on the Emirates

The final time Liverpool visited N5, they gained 2-0 due to objectives from Jota and Firmino, with the Portuguese attacker netting each objectives two months earlier in the identical end result within the League Cup.

The season earlier than he additionally bagged a brace in a 3-0 win, that means Liverpool are searching for a third-straight away win in opposition to us for the primary time ever.

It’s a must to return to July 2020 for our final victory on this fixture, when objectives from Alexandre Lacazette and Reiss Nelson punished some poor defending at hand us the three factors.

Watch some classic home meetings with the Reds in our retro playlist

Breakdown Stay

Nick Brilliant and Adrian Clarke are reside from 3.30pm with all of the evaluation you want within the build-up to kick off.

Don’t miss any of the motion afterwards, with reside radio commentary of the match from Dan Roebuck and Jeremie Aliadiere.