Well, it’s going to be a tough day.
Southampton didn’t do us a favour and allowed Manchester City to bring the point difference to 5 points. We are visiting Anfield, one of the worst place to play at. Klopp, in his previous game against City, benched Salah, Trent, Robertson and Gakpo; four players who are well rested and eager to prove a point today!? Worst of all, Liverpool are sitting at 8th, and are in a battle of Champions League spot. They are wounded and Klopp with all this negative press against him will be eager to prove the doubters wrong.
But hey, we have one of the best teams on the planet currently, playing some wonderful football and on any given day, we can cause trouble to any team. It’s a title race for us, much important than what Liverpool’ is playing for. Arteta and the players wouldn’t have forgotten the embarrassment from our last visit and Martinelli is going to cause havoc today. And we have Trossard, who scored a hat-trick against Liverpool with Brighton, so you never know.
Saka is back from the illness which didn’t allow him to start against Leeds last week. We still have doubts about Eddie Nketiah and William Saliba, Arteta refused to provide any specific details about their injuries, it could be either tactical or the situation hasn’t improved yet. I don’t care about the Pool’s players.
It’s going to a battle of the midfield. We were stronger defensively if Saliba was available but then VVD is doubtful too, which makes it even. Our front three is better than them, though Salah is world class and has knack of scoring against us. We have a functioning midfield in Odegaard, Partey and Xhaka and if they play to their forms today, we could come up with a point at minimum from Anfield. I want to see us winning though, we haven’t won in our last 7 visits and we need to change it. TODAY.
Right, so what are we excited for? We are top of the league. Bukayo is back and he loves to score / assist against top 6. Gabriel Jesus is back and scored couple goals. Ben White is playing some delicious football, Gabriel is a monster and Zinchenko is a nuisance for any manager. Partey is our dark horse, no non-sense football, don’t care about limelight and don’t need the praises – just let me do my work and go back to sleep. Xhaka made me eat a humble pie, I hope he makes the size of that pie a bit bigger today. Our captain is in form, Martinelli will eat Trent for breakfast. Only concern for us is Holding v Nunez. If Holding can keep it calm today, we are winning guys.
I don’t see much changes with Jesus starting at top with Martinelli and Saka on the wings. A midfield of Partey, Odegaard and Xhaka will do. Ben at RB, Gabriel and Holding pairing for CB and Zinchenko at LB.
We have a strong bench of Trossard, Vieira, Tierney, Nelson. Tired legs will be replaced but that’s all on the game progress. I see us stealing a 0-1 win today, breaking the Anfield curse and reaching a bit closer the trophy.
See you during the game. #COYG
TRVL- we always catch up with posts, so never defer from writing. When you sleep I wake up, so I catch up on yours and KP’s UK time and posters from the UK, such as Marc. Hopefully, more like minded Gooners will find their way here.
Ambarish/Hoopah /Divyanshu
Are you out there lads? You’re usually the noisiest of us during games!
This is when Arteta earns his corn and sends us out to play a dominant 2nd half playing like we deserve to be 8 points clear of City.
TRVL
I guess it’s some legal thing, but I also find it amusing when a commentator apologises on behalf of some industrial in-game language uttered by some random pissed up geezer.
The Linesman elbowed Robertson – WTF?
personally I would like to see Tierney come on and have Zinchenko replace our Swiss gift that keeps giving…it’s clear that Klopp is attempting to target Xhaka whenever he’s in our end, as he’s always good for a negative pass or a cheap giveaway whenever the pressure mounts
KP-I just figured it was the Mayor
Tony
Partey’s been relatively quiet for me. I’d like to see him assert himself.
But second half yeah, slow things down, tighten up a little and take our chances.
Andy Robertson – play acting to get the lino removed. How sad.
Hi KP,
I’m here, reading through the comments. Restricting myself to not comment because it doesn’t go right and I know these bin dippers can always come back in the game. Superstitious lol
But what the fuck was Xhaka doing, he awakened the 12th man at pool. Gabriel Jesus was furious with those challenges and the fight.
Martinelli is yet again brilliant, Partey and Saka a bit less but we need couple more goals to be sure to win. Everything to play for, hoping for the win.
Cheers.
Hoopah is missing though, I love his in-game views.
we can’t rest on our laurels, as that would be a potentially costly mistake
The Football God’s just smiled on us now make a change Arteta and win this game.
I remember David Pleat talking about poetic justice in 89 when it looked like Liverpool would hold out. Well that penalty miss was poetic justice.
the Salah of any other year would have potted that for fun…it’s high time we showed something at their end of the fucking pitch…time wasting won’t get it done in the 63rd minute, as that’s a loser’s mentality
If we can weather Pool’s battering, we can nick this, but fresh legs needed now.
We look anything but a title challenger parking the bus.
why does it look like they’re the one’s chasing a title???
Xhaka is shit at, err, shit-housing.
Why no subs for us?
I have a confession to make.
I’m scared.
Tony-because he’s only thinking of defensive replacements and we have no one he trusts, minus maybe Tierney
I agree with the player coming on – not player coming off.
What the fuck with Ode coming off?
holy shit that’s a concerning double-switch…I guess Xhaka’s got to throw an armband to the ground and give the supporters the bird in order to get subbed off…but whom in their right mind would ever do that???
The ref just discovered time wasting.
Fucking prick.
Feels like the mind fuckingly slowest 45 minutes of my life
Trossard’s got to take that defender on, especially considered how spread out they were and he was 1 v. 1
considering
It was always coming
Arteta can’t make a sub to save his fucking life.
Carragher saying the title’s back in City’s hands – no it’s not.