Arsenal will put their Premier League title prospects to another early test when they host Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners have won seven and lost just one of their eight league matches in2022/23 and the prospect of a first realistic title challenge since the days of Arsene Wenger is a tantalizing bone
for suckers.
Liverpool has endured a mixed launch to the crusade, but palm then will move them to within eight points of Arsenal, having played one game less.
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th min A late penalty cry but Elliott is looking for a challenge from Tierney that is not there.
Arsenal looking comfortable.
76th min thing! No mistake from Bukayo Saka and Arsenal lead this immersing game!
73rd min Penalty to Arsenal!
A ball comes in from the left- hand side and Thiago is arbitrated to have caught Gabriel Jesus with an errant charge as the ball cannons down off the Brazilian. It's a soft bone
but the decision stands.
69th min A double change for Liverpool, with Fabinho and Ibrahima Konate replacing Mohamed Salah and Joel Matip.
That last sub is a bit of a surprise!
60th min A lengthy break in play after Gabriel Jesus hits the sundeck after catching a slapdash elbow from Kostas Tsimikas.
Luckily the Brazilian is okay and returns to the pitch.
53rd min thing! Liverpool- ever- is back in this.
After a period of Arsenal domination, a slick Liverpool combination ends with Firmino running in before and producing a perfect left- footed finish into the far corner.
What a game.
46th min Back afoot at the Emirates Stadium- can Arsenal head back to the peak of the Premier League?
HALFTIME That is the last kick of the half and what an important moment that could be.
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45 5th min thing! Liverpool has a set piece inside the Arsenal half and it never ends in them conceding.
The Gunners were deadly again on the break but what was that defending from Liverpool?
42nd min Liverpool is being forced into a change now as Diaz makes way for Firmino.
The Colombian sounded to injure his knee in a challenge a many twinkles agone
and just hasn't been suitable to shake it off.
34th min thing! Liverpool gets the prices for their period of pressure as Nunez scores the equalizer.
It's a simple finish for the Uruguayan, who pokes home a ball across the box from Diaz after Arsenal's high line is exploited.
31st min Liverpool looking a bit more lively now, with Nunez nearly forcing Saliba to put through his own net and Salah dancing past a couple of protectors before shooting wide.
You can always feel that Arsenal trouble on the break, however.
23rd min Alexander- Arnold goes down and looks in some pain after a fully unintentional stamp on the ankle from Martinelli.
Fortunately, the youthful Scouser is suitable to shake off the problem and will continue.
15th min Nervous moments for Arsenal as Gabriel handles in the box but a quick VAR check shows that the ball was fired in at him from close range.
No penalty.
12th min effects have settled down now and the pattern of play is forcefully in Arsenal's favor.
The Gunners are happy to sit deep and soak up what little pressure Liverpool can muster before springing that dangerous attack on the counter.
1st min thing! Wow, as easy as that! Arsenal turns the ball over in a deep position and outrage up the pitch before Odegaard feeds Martinelli for a simple finish into the far corner.
A phenomenal launch for Arsenal and a stunner for Liverpool
KICKOFF Liverpool get us underway!
15 mins until KO And now Mikel Arteta has revealed that Oleksandr Zinchenko misses out with a muscle problem. Will that prove to be a blow?
20 mins until KO Jurgen Klopp has given the reasons behind his selection to Sky Sports, saying" The time we had between the games- I allowed
changes did not make too important sense- for this bone
we start again."
50 mins until KO Well, that looks like an enforced change at left- reverse for Arsenal, with Zinchenko failing to make the team entirely and Tomiyasu replacing him.
As for Liverpool, a bold move from Klopp to stick with the 4-2-3-1 against in- form opponents down from home. Let's see if it pays off.
60 mins until KO platoon news is in!
Arsenal Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Partey, Saka, Odegaard, Xhaka, Martinelli, Jesus.
Subs Turner, Tierney, Nketiah, Holding, Soares, Vieira, Sambi Lokonga, Nelson, Marquinhos.
Liverpool Alisson, Alexander- Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Henderson, Thiago, Salah, Jota, Diaz, Nunez.
Subs Kelleher, Gomez, Fabinhp, Konate, Milner, Firmino, Elliott, Carvalho, Phillips.
75 mins until KO Fifteen twinkles until we find out the platoon news and you feel it's Jurgen Klopp who faces the biggest calls given his platoon's patchy form.
Does he stick with the 4-2-3-1 conformation that showed enhancement against Rangers, or return to the safe 4-3-3 that has sustained so much of Liverpool's success under him?
95 mins until KO One look at the Premier League table is enough to tell you that Arsenal is in enough good form in the early stages of this season.
But did you know the Gunners have also won their last 11 home games in all competitions? Liverpool is over against it this autumn.
120 mins until KO Jurgen Klopp lavished praise on an Arsenal side that's 11 points ahead of his platoon is surely not a circumstance anyone saw passing in October 2022, just five months after the Reds made a run at a quadruple.
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