Overview of the match for Liverpool v arsenal
The main event of the Premier League on Sunday brings together two title contenders as the title champions of Liverpool Bienvenue Arsenal in Anfield in a successful confrontation.
The two parties boast perfectly with the new campaign, but although the Reds impressed in the future, defensive vulnerabilities remain, unlike the most balanced screens of the Gunners.
Liverpool’s trip to Newcastle Monday evening delivered the whole drama that the match promised. Despite Anthony Gordon’s red card for a reckless challenge on Virgil Van Dijk, Newcastle joined two goals at late level.
Just as the crowd felt a famous return, Rio Ngumoha, 17, amazed St James park with a winner in time, set up by an intelligent help Mohamed Salah.
The result extended the perfect start of Arne Slot, but he also highlighted a lack of defensive stability which left them dragged Arsenal and Tottenham in the early classification.
The story could be made this weekend, because Liverpool needs only one goal to establish a new scoring record in club in 37 consecutive championship matches.
Salah with already 11 career strikes against Arsenal – only Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane have more – the champions will argue to deliver again in the last third.
Arsenal, meanwhile, arrives full of confidence. After crushing a white-leaf victory at Old Trafford the opening weekend, Mikel Arteta’s team dismantled Leeds to the Emirates.
Viktor Gyokerres was carried out twice, Jurrien Timber produced a dominant performance at the back, and Max Dowman, 15, made his first League debut.
Arsenal has now won its first two games without conceding, and another laundering would give them three clean leaves to start a league campaign for the first time in more than a century.
The Gunners are undefeated during their last six championship meetings with Liverpool, but Anfield remains an intimidating place.
They have not won a high-level victory since 2012, when the goals of Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla won a 2-0 victory with Arteta himself in the midfield. Breaking this hoodoo would send a serious message on their identification titles.
