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Confirmed Arsenal team to face Liverpool in FA Cup – Ramsdale starts

Arsenal are the most successful team in FA Cup history and this is the team that Mikel Arteta has selected to maintain that tradition.

Of course, Liverpool are serious opponents, they are currently the best side in the country sitting atop the Premier League having lost just once all season in the league, they will be incredibly hard to break down and defeat but our lads are more than capable.

Yes, we have lost our last two games but not long ago we went to Anfield against a full-strength Liverpool side and matched them throughout, we are their equals, we just have to show that today.

Liverpool are weakened without Mo Salah but it would be a huge mistake to assume that makes them easier to beat, they still retain a formidable front line and we will need our defence and midfield to be at their very best.

We will also need our own front line to be far more clinical in front of goal, Liverpool is not a team to waste chances against, they can and will punish us if we do not take the opportunities that come our way.

Let us know in the comments below what you think of the team that Arteta has gone with and what your predicted score is.

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  1. As predicted, Havertz and Rice will be tasked to win aerial balls from Ramsdale’s long goal kick and from our wingers’ long crosses

    Glad to see Ramsdale and Nelson get their chances to play

    I’m not too worried about the match, because nobody at Liverpool can cut inside from their right wing as effective as Salah did. Salah’s absence will make Liverpool’s attack more predictable

    1. Yea, I am happy to see Nelson starts. And hope Jorginho bring his A game. I don’t see Liverpool midfield competing effectively with Arsenal in the absence of Sobosia and Wantaru but they remain dangerous in attack.

      2. Havertz is the single most useless signing ever!!!
        It maybe Artetas downfall this season and he should get sacked if we do not win anything

    2. @gai
      Still would have liked if Arteta had took a punt and lined them up the way you predicted. Jus sayin

  3. Interesting team put out, let’s see how it goes.

    Whatever happens I just don’t want a draw and replay

  4. The kind of line-up that makes you breathe a little sigh of relief, considering what we’ve been through in recent weeks. At least it’s something different.

    Do something for us today lads.

  5. Ramsdale and nelson giving their chance to impress is good. No salah means kiwior less likely to get slaughtered on the wings.

    Another fast start with us this time getting that 2nd 3rd goal that we missed previously.

  7. Liverpool down to bare bones, so i expect a win. A pity no Trossard again against Liverpool as i believe he got a hatrick against them last year for Brighton.

  9. We should’ve been 4-0 already, we can’t miss out on these chances and be so profligate infront of goal

    1. Its the same story over and over again this season. We did the same vs Liverpool, West ham, Aston villa and Fulham(home )

  10. Klopps probably quietly thinking we’ll nick this one nil as Arsenal look like the big bad wolf. All effort, no end product.

  11. One thing is for sure, Havertz is not a natural goal scorer! Could have scored 3 times today already. We could have been 5 up by now.

    1. No one is a natural goal scorer in this team, thats the bloody problem.

      Watch us miss a bazillion chances and jota comes on and scores a brace from nothing.

  12. Whatever the question is, Havertz is never the answer. The team looks better, but the same culprits are still looking terrible. Saka needs a break, Nelson needs to be sold and Ben White seems a different player from last season.
    Hopefully we wont pay the price for missed chances.

    1. I try to be supportive of our players but he doesn’t help himself with his languid style of play.

      1. He’s just not effectiven in this position. He’s trying to walk it in. If we had a “world class striker” we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

  18. Arsenal wasted too many great chances to score and their attackers’ finishing skills sucked

    Jorginho should’ve played CDM and Rice should’ve moved up/ down in the left-sided AM space

    Havertz gave us the physical presence upfront, but we need someone with a better predator instinct there. I hope Arsenal sign a new CF this month

    1. Only possibility could be Solanke
      Toney is way too costly
      Should try look out for CF like En-Neysri

      1. Solanke will be expensive because of his contract length and homegrown status

        En-Neysri would likely be cheap, but I’m not sure if Arsenal are interested

    2. I doubt we will sign the striker we need. We just don’t have the money because a decent striker would cost way more that worth in January. Looks like we’re stuck until next season!

    3. Jorgihno at CDM is a horrific idea, far too slow! Absolute madness

      Havertz has no physical presence, need to start watching the games! Jogs everywhere, takes forever to shoot or pass and almost every header is off target. Getting bullied all over

  19. Can you imagine nearly everyone thought it was a crazy idea to pay that amount of money for Havartz and relieve Chelsea of this player/Burden. The players we could have brought in that would have really improved the squad with the Havartz and Raya money… SMH

    1. Spurs paid 60 for Maddison
      We could have easily beaten spurs for Maddison because of CL football
      He is way better than Havertz
      Complete mismanagement of 65 M

  20. Can we all finally agree that we should never buy Chelsea rejects like Jorginho and havertz ever again.

  21. Liverpool found out the ref decided technical fouls are allowed today and taking full advantage of it.

  22. The amount of chances we are missing, we certainly gonna loose this game
    You are not deserve to win game if you miss chances like that

  24. We lacking physical presence in this squad and Saka needs to be subbed off.
    Maybe l am sounding harsh but of late he seems to play for himself and not the team.

  25. Havertz is such a frustrating player to watch, he is having a good game getting into good position and some good passrs but his finishing/decision making is soo horrendous it negates everything good he does.

  27. Martinelli needs to be coached about his final pass. How many chances are we going to squander.
    Seriously get a striker even on loan cause what is on show won’t cut it in this league 😭.

    1. There’s 2 sides…..there are ZERO good runs into the box for him to pick out so he’s left to just try smash it in!

      Also if our wings switched imagine how good he’d be going to the line. If he does that well on his weak side….

      1. Havertz is the worst player ever to play for arsenal worse then wee jimmy mcjock in the twenties

        1. Did anyone notices how Kopp switched with Darwin? Arteta can’t do that. Also, no quality on the bench.

          1. @Nomad
            Exactly. Klopp figured out what wasn’t working and adjusted his team accordingly. While Arteta looked on in confusion.

  28. Saka has been awful for a while now. Can see us throwing this away, if Arteta can’t see how badly we need an out and out striker then he doesn’t deserve to manage us

    1. I don’t think so
      The amount of chances we have missed, certainly it will haunt us
      I am going for 1-0 Liverpool

  30. I love Saka, but there is something wrong with him. He has been terrible for months, and it’s obvious to the eye. An experienced manager would have handled him properly, but Arteta is bent on running him to the ground, and if an injury does not arise, he will never get a break.
    For goodness sake, what does ESR or any academy prospect have to do to get a game? Look at Klopp trusting unknown youth. If we can’t win this game, I am afraid i have to join the bandwagon of Arteta out because this is just getting irritating. Salah is out, Szoboszlai is out, Van Dyke out, Robertson and Tsimikas are all out, and Arteta can’t even get a result.

  31. The amount of chances we have missed, certainly it will haunt us
    I am going for 1-0 Liverpool
    Jota to score winner

  33. Only one person to blame for this most embarrassing game
    Arteta
    This could be season over as in my opinion we won’t win either the CL or the Premier league

  34. Is any Gooner surprised by that, I’m not in the slightest. It was coming the whole game. Still about 10 minutes to go, still time to get back into the game.

  35. TBH a loss is better than a replay. We need recuperation time, I just didn’t want to lose to gnasher.

  36. And he still leaves on Havertz instead of trying to bring on ESR who can open up space for the others to run in.

  39. Based on how the team is performing this season, it feels last season performance was just a fluke.

    1. @Ibrahim Arteta is not fit to be in any sentence Wenger is in. Wenger was never given the budget that Arteta was given . Wenger fought for the power he got and modernized the league.
      Arteta, at best, is a middle-table manager and it shows every single time he goes against his betters. No single player improves under him; there is no talent ID; no good subs. Do you think Arteta can do what Emery is doing at Aston Villa? The painful truth is that Arteta is learning on the job, and after 4 years, he still looks like a Peps assistant, which is why he can never adapt to a game.

    2. @Ibrahim: that’s very insulting to Wenger. You are talking about a man who managed a Champions League Team, while at the same time overseeing its finances to built the “state of the Art stadium” we are now using?
      ARTETA’s spending far exceeds anything Wenger ever got to use over a 10 year period.🤦🏽‍♂️

  43. Arteta has to be sacked it’s painful to watch this fake.bought havertz, kiwior etc etc havertz scored a few tapins but his 1st touch my god arteta OUT

    1. get real. we played really well most of the game, its not Arteta’s fault we can’t put easy chances in.

        1. we had 13 shots on goal in the first half, most were decent chances. second half we were not as good but still created and penetrated no less than Liverpool.

      2. Of course it is!! He renewed Nketiah and Nelson’s contracts and ignored the fact that they weren’t good enough.

        Remember Liverpool had five players out and they still beat us for heaven’s sake.

        2. That’s the problem with Arteta. He makes rash decisions based on three game performances and entangles the club into silly contracts. White has a new contract right now, but is looking so lethargic I don’t see what’s going to revive him. Marquinhos has to be let out the door too.

      3. STOP…What part of “we can’t put easy chances in” fits into “ we played very well”.

      1. Who picked them and signed them
        Not one of our front strikers
        Jesus
        Nketia
        Havertz

        Are good enough plays them and thought they were good enough

  45. If Arteta doesn’t buy a centre forward soon to convert all the chances we create I can see some of our better players deserting ‘the project’ in the summer.

  47. Now can we get rid of that clown Arteta, he has ruined us from last season and if you can defend him imo you are so so deluded. Please get out of our club shameful team and shaming the club and fans with these gutless performances

  48. No, your wrong mate.
    AW only got knocked out of the fa cup in the 3rd round once in 18years, MA has managed it twice in 5 years and the 4th round once – what a record for MA to have!!

  49. Missed 50-60 open chances. Low class finishing. Deserved loss. I am happy they lost, atleast they need two world class ST. No more rejects from other teams. Remember when we first heard of Jesus/kai moving to Arsenal? Our first reaction was they are shit. They turned out to be mediocore. Also, please bench Saka.

    1. Deserved loss? Liverpool really did nothing to win the game. We should have put it to bed in the first half.

        1. of course we didn’t. but we didn’t deserve to loss. Liverpool were no better than us. We were better but could not convert.

          1. Of course we deserved to lose, dont be silly. If you dont score and you let 2 in, obviously you deserve to lose. We could all see what was going to happen.

  51. I don’t care about scapegoating Havertz is a total waste of space try any shift him else where even if it means paying someone to have him. Break the bank and get Tomey in.

  53. What is it going to take for Arteta and his coaches to see that SAKA is dead-tired? The boy can’t do anything right at the moment. They’ve run him into the ground, and he’s lost all manner of creativity and basic execution of his attack duties.
    People keep jumping on Martinelli who’s actually the best performer in the team…Havertz is going to disappoint again, and again and again until Arsenal has lost as many games as they’ve won watch it.

  54. Poor old Kiwior played his part in both of their goals. Would things have been different with Tommy? Probably, but again I think the team needs a break and rethink, a replay would’ve been the worst. At least we tried, unlike the Fulham game.

  55. I said on here when we signed Jesus he is not what we needed or Zinkchencko as peps cast aways from City plus buying Jorginho & Havertz from Chelsea whi are both rivals and not the players we needed at all. Il add Vieria, Kiwior & the stagnation of both Martinelli & Saka is on him.

    Not replacing Partey in the summer was a big miss as we were selling Xhaka, kept Elneny & gave Chelsea 65m for Kia.

    Tierney by the way should still be here and the handling of Eddie and Reiss contracts was a shambles when we knew they are not good enough to win you any type of silverware.

    This team had a chance last season and bottled it badly, we are out of Both English cups, probably out of title race now as we are on a horrendous run.

    The Champions league doesn’t give me much confidence as Porto drew on level points with Barca in the group stage & the way we are playing we won’t be winning that either.

    Look how much has changed in a year,
    Something has to change as 61shots in 3games and 1 goal isn’t good enough to get top4.

  56. I hope our tanking results are no reflection of our dressing room dynamics. It seems our team is suddenly breaking apart. I have seen sports teams crumble as team politics deteriorate. For a player not as competitive to gain play time like Havertz and Raya, team dynamics take hit. MA needs to put his ego aside and get things done.

  57. We did everything but score just like what two seasons ago used to look like, Anyway a trip to Forest next, COYG!

  58. I wonder how ESR feels coming on in the last 2 or 3 minutes in games, how is he supposed to turn a game around in that time. He’s either fit now to play at least half a game or he isn’t. Slowly losing faith in Arteta.

  59. Saw a comment from someone earlier on about how the opportunity cost of signing Kai Havertz will be a major problem. And believe me, it is.
    Just imagine that same fund used in signing him was expended on a proper Striker/attacking player?
    The real cost is the fact that we have him tied to us for next few years.
    All in all, our attackers were below par.

  60. If were ESR I would get out of Arsenal asap.He deserves to play but will. never get a chance under Arteta.If he stays he will end up like Maitland -Niles.So sad

  61. I beg to differ with those who see a bright side in the loss today in avoiding many games. IMO the win today will give Liverpool so much confidence in the upcoming cup games and EPL. Even a draw would have given us some psychological advantage considering the EPL home game against Liverpool in a few weeks time. We did not need to needlessly boost their momentum and give them a mental edge for the season. Elsewhere Arteta got it wrong with the substitution strategy today.

    1. Liverpool are a team that are well managed and manage games very well. Klopp has them organised and disciplined. With effect. We’re still aspiring to that level.

  62. Arteta is simply not good enough. Last season was a fluke or just a good run from the players. As fans we have said a lot of bad things about Auba, Lacazette, Maitland Niles etc who won us our last cup who are actually better than what we have now. Maitland Niles always performed well as a left back or right back. He is actually better than the whole lot we have this season. He was unlucky to be part of a team with Mustafi, Luiz and Sokratis. Lacazette always performed in big matches but he started to deteriorate because of Arteta who would put him on the bench for long periods for no reason.

    I miss Torreira, Xhaka and Guenduzi as they were fighters unlike Jorginho and Odegaard. Willock was just shipped out for no reason. He is a much better player than Harvetz.

    We need a proper captain and the obvious would have been Tierney. Now it’s Rice who fits the role. Odegaard is not the right player for that.

    Arteta and Edu seem to buy and sell players for the sake of being active in a transfer window. For sure how do they justify Raya, Jorginho, Havertz, Zinchenko, Jesus, and Marquinos. How do they justify sending a young player with potential like Lokonga on loan and replacing him with Jorginho.

    Why can’t he switch Saka and Martinelli as the opposition have figured how to nullify their play. The coach has never improved any player at all just look at Trossard how he has deteriorated.

    Why can’t we have some juniors like Nwaneri get proper game time?

    We need another coach for sure.

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