Chris Sutton is optimistic for Arsenal ahead of their match against Liverpool this weekend and expects them to win.
Arsenal meets Liverpool at the Emirates for the second time in a month and would be eager to win. The Reds defeated them when both clubs met earlier in the year in the FA Cup at the same venue. That day, Arsenal had themselves to blame for not winning because they were wasteful in front of goals. Mikel Arteta’s men were simply too poor in attack and it eventually cost them against Jurgen Klopp’s side.
They will get a second chance to earn a victory against the Reds when they meet this weekend, and Sutton predicts on the BBC:
“We’ve already seen how close it is between these two sides when they’ve met before this season, and the Gunners missed a load of chances when Liverpool came to the Emirates and won in the FA Cup last month.
“Mikel Arteta’s side still don’t have a centre-forward but, this time, I think they will finish some of the opportunities they create.
“I’m still not entirely sure why I am going with Arsenal to win this game, because Liverpool will score too, but the Gunners definitely need the points more and I think they will just about do enough to get them.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We can hurt Liverpool, even though they are in form, and we deserved at least a draw from that FA Cup game.
They could not defeat us at Anfield in the reverse fixture, and we should not let them do it in this game.
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Truth is Liverpool have coped, without their best player. We wouldn’t and our fans would make excuses, like our squad isn’t strong enough. The manager has just got on with the job and tweaked. And brought in an accademy player or two.
That’s a huge call by the former Blackburn Rovers and Celtic man.
The law of average dictates the table will change sooner rather than later, just have this funny feeling something big will happen normally when I feel this way something does.
Am trying to play it safe with a 2 – 1 win for us, but my guts feeling it will be a goal fest.
Gunsmoke, many of us always talk of other teams coping without their best players and never once mention that we have been without Partey, Tomiyasu and Timber for a very long time, and have also had some games without Zinchenko, Jesus and Martinelli. Why do we always want to show concern for others and not for ourselves? Is this a case of loving your neighbour more than yourself or simply a show of ingratitude to Mikel Arteta? We need to learn to appreciate our team more than we are doing currently. I am yet to find out if supporters of other teams also behave like us by always showing concern for other teams more than for their own team.