Liverpool travel to North London tonight in a game that threatens to send Arsenal far out of view in the Premier League standings.
Liverpool will need to be near-perfect to get three points against an admittedly better-stocked Arsenal side.
The amount of injuries and absences for Arne Slot to navigate has his side as clear underdogs for tonight’s clash.
Hugo Ekitike is a doubt. Alexander Isak and Mo Salah are out.
We asked fans for their predictions for the headline fixture, and they responded with, let’s say varying levels of enthusiasm. There was also a pretty resounding feeling that one player has to be given a chance.
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Playing the leaders is always going to be a difficult proposition. There’s a reason they are so far ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League standings.
That being said, a game of football is only partly determined by form. Moments of individual quality can often decide things — Dominik Szoboszlai’s unsavable free-kick to beat David Raya in the reverse fixture springs to mind.
In this instance though, most fans aren’t backing a repeat of August.
One says: “Don’t see any chance of us getting anything from this one, not even a lucky one like last time we played them. I reckon 2-0 Arsenal.”
Another is even less hopeful, predicting: “This could get really ugly… or really boring. 3-0 Arsenal.”
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Some think Liverpool can steal a point, like this fan: “Tough one obviously, let’s go 1-1!”
One fan predicted a 2-1 win for Liverpool, but they were outnumbered.
One thing that was fairly unanimous in the buildup to this midweek clash was that Federico Chiesa should be called upon.
As one fan remarks: “Chiesa needs to play more need more pace in attackers and he’s quicker than everyone even Salah.”
Similarly: “Chiesa over Gakpo” and one more supporter of the Italian: “Chiesa our number 14 he plays well when he comes onto play”.
There is another player who fans also think deserves more minutes.
Do you think it’s time for Arne Slot to start trusting Rio Ngumoha more?
Aldo reckons he would solve our predictability issue…
Slot has never lost to Mikel Arteta. There is hope, despite what many fans might tell you.
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We’ll find out at around 6.45pm (GMT) ahead of an 8pm kickoff.
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