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Arsenal’s confirmed team to take on Liverpool – Trossard on bench

So the big game is finally upon us, and we can but hope that the Gunners soothe Arsenal fans nerves very quickly once they finally get on the famous Anfield pitch.

This is the team I predicted in my Preview earlier, and unless Arteta tries to spring one of his surprises to catch Jurgen Klopp out, I honestly don’t think we will see anything different.

This was my prediction…

Ramsdale
White..Gabriel..Holding..Zinchenko
Odegaard..Partey..Xhaka
Martinelli..Jesus..Saka

I know a lot of people have been discussing whether Trossard should start ahead of Jesus, but I’m pretty sure that Leandro knows he was always going to return to being backup once Jesus returned to full fitness, so let’s have a look at the official team chosen by Arteta.

And here it is….

And here is Liverpool’s line-up…

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  1. My summary:
    Xhaka’s first half yellow card cost us a full 3points against Liverpool.

    He could barely put in a tackle after the yellow. He was scared of being sent off. Liverpool players saw this and took full advantage. They never looked back.
    I’m grateful for point at the end.

    We major signings to make in that midfield for the summer.

    1. He did many things with that yellow. Got the crowd back in the game, lost focus for the rest of the match. we had 100% control of the game and silenced the fans. Why give them something to wake them up. Xhaka has been great this season, but doesn’t control his emotions at all, and it helped to let liverpool back into this.

  2. Sucks but i would have taken a draw before the game, so can’t be too upset.
    We started right, kept them and the crowd quiet, but once they scored and gave the crowd something to get behind, it was always going to be difficult. Agree with those saying arteta got his subs wrong today. It’s easy to say after the fact – he’s got so much right this season, including with his subs (thinking mainly of Nelson), but no one is perfect, and I think that’s an area arteta needs to improve.
    We have to regain our focus. We need to win our next 2 (easier said than done) and give our best at City and see where we are.

  3. Now the dust has settled and the emotions calmed down
    A great point considering we were under pressure for a long time
    Season gone.by we would have buckled and lost
    Disappointed we didn’t pick up 3 points considering we were 2 up but boy happy with the point at ANFIELD and we moved on
    Some still forget that it’s still in our own hands
    Unlike some here but we’ll done MA and the boys for digging out a point
    Onwards a d upwards

    1. Allanball08
      It’s always emotional after a result like that. Of course we would have taken a draw at Anfield before the kick off but I felt we let ourselves down in the second half and were lucky not to lose

      1. Suep
        We were lucky but we again were unlucky with the last move of the game when a better ball and saka was in
        A great game. First half fluent and we were great. 2nd half we had a bit of luck but we dug in and true champions dig in and grind out results
        Onwards a.d upwards

  4. This points drop is also a result of our thin squad. When the midfield is not working, we have no one Arteta can trust to bring in and start gaining possession. This is why I thought it was worth it to pay a bit extra for Caicedo.

    2. Why not bringing in Jorginho? It’s a good point based on the match scenario but the gaffer couldn’t have done much better.

  5. The major decision point was Tierney for Zinchenko – he should have done that earlier

    The 1st half u could see Magahaels handling Salah & that left with poise. b
    But it totally disappeared in the 2nd.
    Shouting at each other, booting out balls – the mental edge had clearly shifted to Liverpool.

    But Arteta was weary of making the substitution cos Zinny is a backbone in our playing style and he still wanted us to score another goal.

    It was a gamble – but it was becoming very clear that Liverpool were bullying our left & that side needed help.

    The Kiwior sub is something he’s done with Holding to a very high degree of success – so I understand why he did

    Have u guys forgotten Holding’s MOTM performances last season when coming off the bench as a 3rd CB to help us see out a slender lead ?

  6. Our pressing vanished completely! We just sat back, hoping to win! And the subs?

    We threw this one away!!

  7. There’s room for improvement, this arsenal team have tried upto this stage. The question is, do we have the personnel to see things through? The answer is no!

    But, to achieve something atimes you need more than competence, you need luck. I just hope we get lucky enough to take some point off mancity or lucky enough that mancity drop someone point.

  8. The boys played well. Liverpool were determined. MA game management wasn’t great today. Zinny allowed too much space for MO Salah in the first half. He shouldn’t have played beyond 60 minutes. I thought he will be subbed at halftime. He gave away Pool’s second.
    I give MA 5/10

  9. @PJ-SA So tell me why our net spend suddenly shot up in the last 5 years? Before you bring up that fact, you need to prove to me they got the money used for assembling their team at the start of the oil oligarchy era from football. You are better off supporting City if you don’t see they have created unnecessary imbalance to English football with their cheating. I would be more interested in a debate if say we were second to a side like Liverpool or United, but not a filthy plastic club like City, with no soul or history.

    Instead of arguing, maybe we should come together as football fans to ensure they get punished sooner for their financial crimes, than venting frustration on a young exciting side with the odds stacked against them.

    The earlier you understand clubs like City and PSG have destroyed their respective leagues, the better for you. I will advise you to enjoy the remaining games of the season and not die of frustration if we end up losing the league to a bunch of cheats, who have gamed the system to be where they are today.

  10. Some really funny comments by a lot of flip floppers, a point at L’Pool and all of a sudden ‘it’s all gone wrong’, ‘the title is gone’, ‘Arteta is useless’, ‘we’ve got a thin squad’, ‘Xhaka is useless’, ……. for goodness sake get a grip !

    1. Xhaka is useless, though. No flip flop there. No steel, no creativity, hardly ever around these days. An easy fix is Zivchenko in midfield, Tierney at fullback and make better use of ESR. And yes, I agree, Jorginho would have provided a much more positive outcome than Kiwor..

  11. If we had the presence of William Saliba in that back line maybe just maybe we wouldn’t have consided more than 1 goal we really missed his Gabriel had to almost play two positions to keep things tight at the back.

  12. Very costly for us, it means we have to take points at the Etihad. I don’t know what we were thinking. It all fell apart after Xhaka reacted.

  13. I’m fine with the point. That’s one point more than City got there so can’t be too critical.

    We need to keep the focus, wins against West Ham and Southampton. Then it’s the most difficult match of the season at the Etihad. We just cannot lose it.

    City is playing twice a week from now on, or 3 times every 8 days. Let’s hope their fixture congestion will make them slip up.

    1. A reasonable comment. Fans need to remember that even MC lost there. Anfield is never an easy ground to play in. A point is good.

  14. We won the first half, they won the second, fair result and possibly a crucial point in a tight race. Next up the hammers, that’s all that matters now

  15. Holding was one of the better defenders on the day he definitely outplayed White and Zinch. There is this thing where if someone is missing we automatically say this and that would not have happened. Well today Partey was there, Ode was there but midfield was not at the races. Even in the first half Rob was passing the ball very well and some will say that penalty was harsh but it did not cost us so does not matter.

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