Laurent Koscielny: Out Monday Against Liverpool

Liverpool’s quest to remain flawless in this young Premier League season continues with a massive tilt against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Monday (Watch live on NBCSN at 3 p.m. ET and online via Live Extra).

‘We definitely could have had all three points, ‘ he said.

Gabriel and Calum Chambers struggled to deal with Liverpool’s pace and movement in the first half, but to their credit looked far more organised after the restart as Arsenal took charge of the game.

“The best passers for Liverpool tonight have been the Arsenal defence!!!”

“They really have been woeful in the first half”, said Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville.

Rodgers is still to see Liverpool concede this season but was also left bemoaning the missed chances that could have given the visitors the win against Arsenal on Monday.

Mesut Özil starts again following his staring role in the Gunners 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the previous round.

“The positive thing out of this game is the number of chances we created in the second half”. I just think if you’re offside, you’re offside. But the overall impression was of a team failing to find its rhythm.

On the day when Karim Benzema confirmed he will be staying at Real Madrid, Wenger now has eight days to sign a leading striker to fire Arsenal to their first title since 2004. Nobody is missing. All the players are there.

“The other games we’ve worked it a different way but he’s still highly thought-of for us”.

Does Wenger need to strengthen Arsenal at both ends of the pitch?

They are three points ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League table, who lost their opening home game of the season to West Ham. Here this is my home!