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Arsenal vs Liverpool: Premier League – live | Premier League

Vaseline October 27, 2024

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‘It’s funny that there is no real rivalry between Liverpool and Arsenal’ says Niall Mullen. “Probably their peaks never really coincided (“as an aside, it’s there for the taking”). The closest I can remember to enmity was after Stephane Hénchoz’s goalkeeping performance in 2001 and the accidental penalty in the Champions League quarter-final in 2008. I think that may change, but it feels like the two clubs have a common enemy these days to have.”

There were also three red cards in a match in August 2000, although that was more about Graham Poll than any strong rivalry. The highlight is undoubtedly 1986-91, when George Graham dethroned Liverpool. Liverpool obviously had their moments too, including one of my favorite free-kicks.

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Cole Palmer, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jarrod Bowen (a 92nd minute penalty) scored the winning goals in those matches. Palmer also played one of the passes of the season so far.

Chelsea’s win means Arsenal drop to fifth before kick-off, although a draw would move them up to third.

From the archive

“Phew, well, I’d call it the match of the century, I don’t know anything about the Match of the Day,” Wolstenholme puffed after the final whistle. Color analyst Walley Barnes – he of the late own goal in 1947 – awkwardly entered the picture and agreed that “the match of the century is probably absolutely right”. Sadly, no one who went to Anfield that day would have been able to hear these cheerful jokes from Cholmondley Warner. BBC2 had only been on air for four months and was only available in the London area. An estimated audience of 20,000 people watched the history broadcast – less than half of the day’s 47,620 audience – and Liverpool viewers would have to make do with The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, a western on BBC1, or ABC’s western Sugarfoot. Today’s multi-channel world of wall-to-wall tat suddenly doesn’t seem so oppressive anymore.

Arsenal were criticized for celebrating too much after a stunning 3-1 win over Liverpool in the Emirates in February. And if they win today, they’ll be happy to do it again.

Team news: Saka starts

Good news for Arsenal: Bukayo Saka has recovered from his hamstring injury and will captain the team. Jurriën Hout is also fit to return, but Riccardo Calafiori did not make it. In total there are three changes to the team that ushered in the defeat against Bournemouth last weekend. Saka, Wood and Gabriel Martinelli replaces Calafiori, Raheem Sterling and the suspended William Saliba. It looks like Ben White will play at centre-back in Saliba’s absence.

Liverpool make three changes, one of them forced, from last weekend’s win over Chelsea. Darwin Nunez cover for the injured Diogo Jota; Luis Diaz And Alexis MacAllister are preferred over Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Arsenal (possibly 4-2-4) Raya; Partey, White, Gabriel, Wood; Merino, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Trossard, Martinelli.
Replacements: Neto, Gabriel Jesus, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Sterling, Lewis-Skelly, Nichols, Nwaneri.

Liverpool (4-3-3) Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Nunez, Diaz.
Replacements: Jaros, Davies, Gomez, Endo, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Quansah, Morton.

Referee Anthony Taylor.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Arsenal vs Liverpool in the Emirates. As with many of the best games, you can plausibly argue that either side is the favorite before kick-off. Arsenal are at home, having won 15 of their last 18 games, but they are in a slump and will be without at least three key players. Liverpool are full of joy and have won all six away games under Arne Slot, but they have not really been tested in the league yet. Three of their away wins came against teams in the bottom four; the other was at Old Trafford.

While Liverpool are keen to make a statement about their intention to win the title, for Arsenal it feels like an even bigger game: not so much having to win as not having to lose. It doesn’t feel right that a team with an excellent Premier League record in 2024 – P26 W21 D3 L2 Pts 66 – should be under such scrutiny. But this is the life they chose, especially to live days like today. And they know that a defiant victory would end that investigation before sunset.

Kick-off 4:30 PM.