Skip to main content

Arsenal vs Liverpool Preview

Arsenal vs Liverpool Preview



On Wednesday night Arsenal will face Liverpool at the Emirates, in which both teams will be looking to snatch all 3 points and improve their respective league positions. Despite both teams having extremely poor seasons, it may surprise you that a Liverpool win will bring them on level points with 6th place Arsenal, who are currently on 37 points.
Arsenal have enjoyed success in recent games with a 3-2 win in the FA Cup against Brighton Hove Albion, following a 5-1 win against West Ham United last week at the Emirates. Liverpool lost 3-2 on Sunday to League 2 side Oldham Athletic. It’s not, however, a game that we can be convinced that Liverpool were poor in, because in all fairness they didn’t play particularly badly and Oldham did very well to secure the win and go through to the 5th round of the FA Cup.
It was the same situation for us with Bradford earlier in the season. A team’s performance can quickly change and we shouldn’t be looking at this game thinking that they will be easy opponents. Despite Liverpool’s fall in recent years, they have always been a consistent challenge for Arsenal and that has shown with the last few games between the two clubs being very close.
Arsenal will welcome back Thomas Vermaelen to the team, however Mikel Arteta and Francis Coquelin will remain on the side lines. Also we will see the return of several key players who were rested for the Brighton game on Saturday.
On the Liverpool game, Wenger said;
“Thomas Vermaelen is back available. And the players who were rested are back in contention, too.
“(Coquelin and Arteta) they are a bit short – 100 per cent [they are unavailable] for Wednesday. Even for Saturday [they could be short], but there is a little chance they will be available at the weekend.”
Arsenal will most likely line-up as;
Szczesny
Sagna Mertesacker Vermaelen Gibbs
Wilshere Ramsey
Cazorla
Walcott Giroud Podolski
I don’t expect Diaby to feature from the start simply because his fast return to the team and the minutes he has clocked up in recent weeks will surely make Wenger wary. Liverpool will be looking to rebuild and go level on points with the Gunners this weekend, and with a strike force of Sturridge, Suarez and Sterling, they will certainly cause our defence a few problems. Let’s hope Arsenal can push on from recent results and gain all 3 points as we look to rebuild our season.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Arsenal sign Mesut Ozil .

Mesut Ozil has sealed a spectacular €47 million move to Arsenal after signing a five-year contract. The Gunners have smashed their transfer record to land the Germany international, who underwent the second part of his medical in Munich on Monday after agreeing personal terms with the club. Ozil has signed a deal worth around €150,000-a-week that will run until 2018 after Real Madrid gave the green light to his departure. He will comfortably become Arsenal’s highest-paid player as well as the club’s record signing, after Arsene Wenger sanctioned the first €23m-plus transfer in their history. THE VIEW FROM GERMANY  For the majority of people in Germany, Mesut Ozil’s move to Arsenal has come as a huge surprise. Arsenal are a well-respected club in Germany but are no longer considered in the same class as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Barcelona. However, with the World Cup coming up next summer it is essential Ozil is playing first-team fo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Arsenal 3-2 Brighton

Brighton vs Arsenal Player Ratings + Highlights Arsenal keeps their hope of a first trophy since 2005 alive as they defeated a brave Brighton side away with the scoreline of 2-3. Giroud scored first two goals for the gunners and Walcott’s deflected finish clinched the tie for them. Player Ratings Szczesny  : A Mixed game for Arsenal’s gloves-man. He produced a stunning save in the first half but his school boy type mistake caused Brighton’s second goal.  5.5/10 Santos  : Typical Santos performance. Never seen a Brazilian play so bad at this level. Almost all Brighton attacks came through Santos.  3/10 Jenkinson  : A good game from the English youngster. He made good overlapping runs and was decent at defense too.  6.5/10 Koscielny  : An average performance from the hard tackling defender. Not much to do but he provided good cover for Santos.  6/10 Mertesacker  : Arsenal’s captain did okay for most of the game but he w...
Post a Comment
Read more

Arsenal to regain glory days back.

ARSENAL WILL MOST PROBABLY WIN A TITLE NEXT SEASON. Why? Arsenal are set to receive a huge sponsor boost from Puma at £180m, additionally they  have a new Emirates deal worth £150m which was signed 2 months ago. Wenger is going to be given around a £120 mln transfer kitty out of that. For the first time in years this seems to be likely. In earlier years, the £400m Emirates Stadium drained Arsenal resources and the club  mainted a sell our players to maintain club finances policy. After Henry, Song, Fabregas, Adebayor, Clichy, Toure, Nasri & RVP... additionally, a big influx of money came from the sales of the Highbury Square apartments...that time is gone. For the first time we are going to be in control. All signs point to a spending summer and  we better have new star players. Another good thing is that all our key players have contracts and no player is going to be holding Arsenal ransom to their demands. For the first time we might have a clean season without p...
Post a Comment
Read more