Michael Owen and Martin Keown predict Liverpool v Arsenal

While fans disagreed staunchly with dropping Sanchez, the Telegraph claim that “many Arsenal players back Wenger’s stance”.

“It’s Anfield, our stadium and the last game we played there was fantastic”.

Liverpool, which only manages to secure one victory in the Premier League since the start of the year, is now sitting in the fifth position of the league’s standing, trailing one point behind Arsenal in fourth position. It was Arsenal’s third loss in four Premier League games, which now puts them at risk of missing out on a place in the top four.

By the time the Frenchman corrected his mistake for the start of the second half the hosts were already ahead through goals from Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane. I bought him and I always played him. Jürgen Klopp addressed this at some length, but it doesn’t really change anything until we see the type of players being signed to help Liverpool make whatever the next step is next season.

Arsene Wenger dropped Alexis Sanchez from his starting XI for the 3-1 defeat away to Liverpool yesterday.

It’s fifth hosting fourth when Liverpool take on Arsenal in this English Premier League match.

Many of Wenger’s supporters would be hard pressed to support that decision to bench Sanchez and otherwise would have been thinking of the popular English idiom, “Do not cut off the nose to spite the face;” because that seemed to be Wenger’s case on Saturday. We analyzed it and that wasn’t enjoyable.

Earlier in the week, Sanchez was reportedly involved in a training ground clash with teammates after he left the pitch in the middle of preparations for the Premier League tie at Anfield. “We have an opportunity against Bayern after that to show we can cause them problems”.

Second-placed Tottenham – who trail leaders Chelsea by 10 points and have a three point advantage over their north London rivals – have a tricky home game with Everton on Sunday. “You lose a little bit the rhythm of the competition and for us it’s vital to start strongly at Liverpool”.

“What is most important for me now is the attitude to just go for it, go and take”. The Gunners nearly got a goal back early in the second half as Olivier Giroud forced Simon Mignolet into making a superb save from a powerful header.