Amazon Prime Sport have released a combined team featuring both players from Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ title-winning season in 2004 and Jurgen Klopp’s current Premier League champions-elect – and many Arsenal supporters have reacted on Twitter.
Liverpool’s aspirations of going a full season unbeaten and beating Arsenal’s all-time unbeaten record of 49 matches were ended on Saturday after the Reds were beaten 3-0 by Watford at Vicarage Road.
Ismaïla Sarr scored an impressive brace to put Klopp’s team on the brink of a first league defeat in 422 days before Watford club-captain Troy Deeney completed the rout to hand Liverpool their first loss in 44 matches.
Amazon’s star-studded team contains six Liverpool players and five of Arsenal’s unbeaten title-winners. FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year Alisson is representing Anfield between the sticks. UEFA Player of the Year Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold make up half of the defensive quartet. Liverpool’s Champions League-winning captain Jordan Henderson patrols the midfield while Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been included in the front-three.
For Arsenal, Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole complete the defence with World Cup-winner and skipper Patrick Viera partnering Henderson in midfield. Denis Bergkamp completes the attacking trio alongside Mane and Salah while Thierry Henry leads the line in a combined XI that was collectively unbeaten for 93 league matches.
However, Arsenal supporters are not happy with Amazon’s decision to include Henderson in the all-star XI and not World Cup-winner Gilberto Silva. The former Brazil international made 244 appearances for the Gunners under former manager Arsene Wenger winning the PL in 2004, two FA Cups and was also part of the Arsenal team that reached the 2006 Champions League final.
Meanwhile, Henderson has clocked up 358 appearances for Liverpool since joining from Sunderland in 2011. The England international is the longest-serving player in the squad and became the first British born-player to captain his club side to the European Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup in the same year.
However, Arsenal fans are outraged that the Liverpool skipper tipped as a candidate to win the PFA Player of the Year award has been included in the team over Gilberto and some have taken to Twitter to showcase their disappointment.
Here are a selection of Tweets calling for Gilberto to get the nod in midfield over Henderson…
https://twitter.com/CroatianGooner/status/1234507979019505664
https://twitter.com/afcMatty1/status/1234499838986870789
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