The biggest surprise for me in Arsene Wenger´s team selection for the game between Arsenal and top four rivals Liverpool today is not that both Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla will start, but that Per Mertesacker is preferred to the Brazilian Gabriel in the centre of our defence.
With the pace and trickery of Raheem Sterling and Phillipe Coutinho to deal with, I hope that the boss is right to opt for our giant German´s Premier League experience and reading of the game over the pace and tigerish defending of our January transfer signing.
Danny Welbeck is fit enough for the bench and I would have expected him to start but Wenger has gone for Ozil in the wide forward role, with Cazorla in the number 10 position, so with Alexis on the other side of the in form Giroud, there is plenty of pace and guile in our attack and with Liverpool having to replace the suspended Skrtel with the former Gunner Kolo Toure, we should give them plenty of problems.
Lallana has not recovered and Sturridge is only fit enough for the bench so with Ramsey and Coquelin to protect our own back four, you would expect Arsenal to be too strong for the visitors, but nothing is certain and the players need to be on their toes from the start.
Ospina
Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal
Coquelin
Ozil, Ramsey, Cazorla, Alexis
Giroud
subs: Macey, Gabriel, Gibbs, Flamini, Rosicky, Walcott, Welbeck
The keeper situation is a bit of a worry, with young Matt Macey on the bench as Martinez has been loaned out and Szczesny….who knows? Let´s just hope nothing happens to Ospina and that Arsenal win of course.
Lets put liverpool iut of the top four race COYG
Amazing first half,well done mesut,great goal Alexis and what a move by bellerin.I’m buzzing.revenge is for the taking. Giroud will score and we will win 4-1…coyg…I’m fkin excited
From now on mark my words.I told you 4-1 and giroud to score.
What a strike from the bpl current best striker, special goal.lovely strike giroud.well done, and the record keeps rolling,,
@ Mcgooner
Let’s show them what we smoke at the Emirates.
Coyg more goals , today is our day
Well i expected the midfield 3 of cazorla rambo and Coq as we need to press and defensively solid. Am a little surprised to see Per starting especially as he liverpool are short in height and fast at pace. Well I hope we have no regrets. I didnt just expect to see per starting at Cb in this game. liverpool don’t have Andy CAROLL.
Come on Arsene we are playing against sterling coutinho and markovish. Anyways all the best to the team. come on arsenal.
Hopefully after dis game the whole world will realise how average raheem sterling is
Come on Per Just proof me wrong. Just go out there and proof me wrong. Sterling vs per is one way traffic. Coq please dont let coutinho send in any balls in behind. defend well as a team.
I want to see a great Ozil playing with freedom and enjoying himself.
prove you wrong? he is a fine defender and has had a good 2nd half of the season
Really what’s haps with Szcesney?
I feel like this is more of a test from wenger to see if per is still capable in big game situations. Thought we might have gone with more pace as liverpool like to attack in numbers and we could exploit that on the counter but gonna have to wait and see how it goes I guess. COYG!
the big question in line up is Per if sterling runs off him then we screwed
i hope he doesnt duck another header
overall we have too much quality should be a win
COYG
I want to stream this game. I need someone to share a streaming link that is certain to be smooth. Thanks
Honestly, every single time BT Sport show our games ‘if (opposition striker) isolates Mertesacker they can get in behind and cause problems’. How often does it actually happen? Very rarely. Come up with a new line already… Not confident with Mertesacker vs Sterling, but Koscielny normally pockets quick strikers, so hopefully he will today.
Per has been perlaying well of recent. I hope he keeps it up today…
Macey??! Martsacker?! I hope Martsacker proves my fears to be unjustified but I would have preferred Gabriel to deal with Liverpool’s pace and counter attacks. Still I believe in a 4-2 win in our favor
I love the desire we are showing in the opening seconds
how do you miss that omg
We are poor already
Ramsey o, what have u done
We playing a dangerous high line. Mert scares me
We had to score in that early flurry
Lets do this,d’nt care hw we do it bt a win wil do
Take Mert off now, use your brain Wenger
You’re a plastic fan. Please support another club. You drag our club down, it’s painfully obvious you don’t watch football.
Only every game
Nah you comment on the score lines…you don’t watch. Everybody can see that, even Stevie Wonder…
Okay bomber guess you the only real fan.
What fan attacks another, got support Chelsea you will fit right in turd
Or go continue your love affair with mert
No – I just attack trolls who never comment positively on the club. Your track record speaks for yourself. If Arsenal were losing you’d be posting walls of font. You’re probably not enjoying this scoreline.
Please go back and check there are plenty of positives, if you were on in play you could see as well.
Anyways wasted enough time on you little boy, go back to mummy
koscielny has to keep covering for mertesacker should’ve played gabriel
Why is Ramsey on the wing?
take mertesacker OFF
think ramseys playing wide instead of ozil to cover defensively when moreno attackss
Ramsey is leaving bellerin exposed.i would take him off for welbeck.
Not looking good ………….We need to sell OZIL 42M to make little passes, loose the ball with no attempt of getting it back
Great ball by Ozil.. how do you feel now…
Ha ha ha. Love Ozil. Always have. Man is a genius on the ball. Feck the haters.
go home dude
I’m so happy you’re not our manager – we’d be in division three by now. Stick with playing FIFA.
Mert making me nervous
2nd Half Welbeck and TR7 try something different we lost the initiative
BELLEERINNN!!!!!!!!!!!
yes played belllerin
Quality finish.
great ball by ozil
Bellerin says f**k it.
Wow. What a composed finish for the young Spaniard, especially since it was with the left boot!
Why is James Corden in goal? Has he lost weight?
OZILLLLLLL
What did u say about Ozil again??? Yeah thats wht i thought!! OEZILL!!!!!
And to think. People were calling to remove and/or sell Ozil a few minutes ago.
Eat my words Bravo OZIL
My dream was right but the scorer was wrong
42 million? YOU BET YOUR ASS!
I love arsenal
Oh laawwwddddddd
BEatuiful
He’s Back
COYG
REVENGE IS BEST
This is the best game Ozil has played like a monster since joining us.. I am not his biggest fan but he is running the game for us 🙂
Aye! 😀
i told you we’d slap liverpool silly.
Revenge for last year. Yes. Yes. Yes. First Ospina makes a great interception then Sanchez hitsthem with a cracker. Why can’t it be like this all the time.
Three goals all beauties.COYG.
Now lets not give away a 3-0 lead.. We always seem to give our opponents a chance in the second half to get back..
Lets not give this away..
Am not watching this game but I understand Ramsey is playing on the right and making assists. Can someone please explain the tactics Arsene is employing in this game?
Pressing Liverpool high and hit them on the break when they lose the ball in attacking positions.
he went back to our 2012-13 season.
3 World class goals. Revenge feels so sweet. COYG!!!!
Thought not taking our early chances would come back to bite us on the ass, so glad it hasn’t, it’s been a long time since we’ve destroyed a top team, more goals plssss!!
Wow. What a half. Hope we don’t take our foot off the gas in the second half…
Bellerin – CLASS
Özil – MAGICAL
Sanchez – WORLDIE
and Ramsey 2 assists despite the miss in the beginning SUPERB
Arsenal – BEAUTIFUL, keep it up!
Also gotta give it to le COQ. I know everyone wants a new DM in the summer but I don’t know what a different player could be doing any better than him at the moment
Literally buzzing! Best 8 mins ever! LOL
I said 7 nil. 4 left. Giroud still needs that Hattrick.
CraigZWE and MIA Gooner are actually disappointed with the score line…plastic trolls – find another club. Funny how you have no positive comments now with this score line. Jog on.
Cmmon, how can they be happy wen Wenger looks good. They want wenger out don’t u get? so this puts a damper on their campaign….lol
And Mert is playing one of his best games so far. Who’d have thought. I know I didn’t.
Kolo toure was one of our best players back in the day ……..nothing seems to have changed much.
The game is made for theo and danny to come on
Liverpool are gonna go for it like champs league depends on it
We just gotta sit (which is good for Per) and break
5-0 FT
COYG
hahahaha…..I wonder how the dudes that did not want ozil and alexis to start feel now. This is the reason world class players have to play. They make something out of nothing. Class. More to come from these boys.
second half let’s go, keep this lead Gunners
Testament to our season that we’re 3-0 up at half time and I’m still not too confident we’ll win. Even this great run of form we’re on hasnt repaired the damage of those early season results.
Lets keep it going in 2nd half, still 45 min to play. COYG… Clean sheet would be great too 🙂
I want 6. Time to put this to rest.
Hope we don’t do a Newcastle type implosion here. Fingers crossed.
This needs to happen in the FA Cup if both teams make the final.
Whats wrong with Kos?
Damn kos has gone off. Hope it’s nothing bad 😐
All we need now is a clean sheet COYG
Groin injury f*******ck
Wow what a save. Need to get the fourth now.
Ramsey’s biggest problem is pace…
Ramsey looks as though he’s injured as well…..
Oh no Flamini on for Ramsey. I sense a yellow card
Mama Craig: what do you want to be in future? , Craig zwe: a classy troll like…. Like hafiz, papa Craig: Wanna be a troll wanabe?, Craig zwe : yes dad just like hafiz
Sanchez kills our moves.. The guy won’t let go of the ball..
Bellerin been rush and causing problem. Needs to learn how to calm down..
exactly what we don’t need
Poor referring
Damn
We’ve gone completely off the boil.
Stadium is so quiet
Red card ha ha
Sanchez can sometimes be like a headless chicken, he always holds ton to the ball too long and has not sense of awareness.. smh
Dont worry he will learn.
great game gunners, let’s hope Chelsea slip and see what happens when they come to Emirates
and to finish it offf, GIROUUUUDDDDD
worldclass
Who’s watching MOTD tonight lol
So happy
i may even give the Mother in law a kiss on the cheek
My mother in law looks the spitting image of Ozil 🙁
Commentator, ” Arsenal running their on goal of the season campaign”.
Don’t worry about consolation goal. lol
We beat Liverpool BIG
Was hoping for a 5-1. You know why 😛 Well done to the lads.
Woooooo!!! What a game,welcum to the emirates.Chelsea here we come