Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League - LIVE
The reigning top-flight champions head to Merseyside reeling from their Carabao Cup embarrassment at the hands of fourth-tier Fleetwood, eager to quickly reassert some authority and move back to the top of the table after leaders Manchester City lost again yesterday. But to do so they will need to end their hoodoo at this famous old ground, where they have remarkably not won in the league since 2012.
Arsenal are likely to face a stern test from an in-form Liverpool team who sit fifth and will be harbouring title ambitions of their own under Andoni Iraola after winning their last five matches across all competitions, including holding their nerve in a penalty shootout against Chelsea in midweek. Liverpool vs Arsenal latest news Live updates Arsenal team news Declan Rice, Riccardo Calafiori and Christos Tzolis should all return for Arsenal at Anfield today.
Rice and Calafiori both missed the embarrassing midweek penalty loss at Fleetwood with minor knocks, while Tzolis has not been involved since before the international break after injuring his hamstring playing for Greece. However, all three players took full part in training at Colney on Friday, and Mikel Arteta said they would each be involved in the game if they did so again on Saturday.
That appears to have happened, with Rice, Calafiori and Tzolis all part of the squad that have travelled to Merseyside. Also present is Noni Madueke, who similarly didn't play at Fleetwood due to a lingering ankle problem.
Arteta was a bit more evasive on his availability for this game amid reports of a late fitness test, but the latest whispers on social media are that he is fine and expected to start. Max Dowman is suspended after Arsenal failed in their appeal to have his red card at Fleetwood overturned, while Bukayo Saka remains out along with William Saliba.
Szoboszlai has missed all bar half an hour of the Reds' six matches since the international break with a hamstring injury suffered on Nations League duty with Hungary, breaking down on his short-lived return at Brentford a fortnight ago. Munoz sustained a knee problem after scoring in the same game and hasn't featured since, though Andoni Iraola insisted on Friday there was "a chance" that both could be involved against Arsenal.
Szoboszlai and Munoz were both spotted arriving at Liverpool's team hotel on Sunday morning in footage that circulated on X, while they have also since each posted matchday graphics to their respective Instagram Stories. Jeremie Frimpong is still sidelined though, as are long-term absentees Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni and Hugo Ekitike.
Liverpool vs Arsenal live Good afternoon and welcome to Standard Sport's live coverage of Liverpool vs Arsenal in the Premier League. All eyes will fall upon Anfield today for the game of the weekend and one of the biggest of the season so far as the defending champions seek to quickly bounce back from their Carabao Cup last-16 humiliation at the hands of fourth-tier Fleetwood in midweek.
Arsenal have incredibly not won a single league match at Anfield since September 2012 and could have their work cut out once more against a soaring Liverpool side who have now reeled off five consecutive victories across all competitions, overcoming Chelsea on penalties last time out. However, leaders Manchester City's second successive slip-up at the hands of Brighton yesterday means Mikel Arteta's men will go top of the table with just a point on Merseyside.