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Gunners to give former title rivals a guard of honour before Anfield showdown

Star man: Mohamed Salah will be eyeing another strong display against Arsenal

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Matt Verri|Simon Collings@sr_collings

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Arsenal make the trip to Liverpool today looking to quickly recover from their heartbreaking Champions League exit.

Such a disappointment added to their latest collapse in the Premier League title race and means Mikel Arteta will once again end the season without a trophy.

To make matters worse for Arsenal, tradition will see them give their former title rivals a pre-match guard of honour on Merseyside this afternoon after they sealed the championship with four matches to spare.

Arteta’s side could really use a positive result to avoid the danger of slipping down the top five ahead of the visit of Newcastle, with Liverpool likely to show more changes with the trophy in the bag having swapped six for last week’s defeat at Chelsea.

Conor Bradley starts ahead of the departing Trent Alexander-Arnold this afternoon, while Arsenal are without Declan Rice, as Mikel Merino drops back into midfield and Leandro Trossard leads the line.

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Kick-off time: 4.30pm BST, Anfield How to watch: Sky Sports Liverpool team news: Bradley replaces Alexander-Arnold Arsenal team news: Rice not in squad Score prediction32 seconds agoSlot on fan reaction to Alexander-Arnold

Arne Slot is asked what he thinks the reaction from Liverpool fans will be if he brings Trent Alexander-Arnold off the bench this afternoon.

“It’s difficult for me,” Slot says.

“I think everyone at Liverpool has a different opinion about that.”

7 minutes agoSalah eyes assists record

Mohamed Salah currently sits on 18 assists in the Premier League this season.

He’s dropped off on that front in recent weeks, but the record is still there within touching distance.

Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry both managed 20 in a campaign - Salah needs three in his final three matches of the season to break that record.

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14 minutes agoNot long now...

This is your 30-minute warning.

Arsenal have obviously been putting their eggs in the Champions League basket for the last couple of months, but the table is making increasingly unhappy reading.

Victory here for Liverpool and they will go 18 points clear of the Gunners.

And that would leave Arsenal only four points ahead of Aston Villa in sixth heading into the final two matches of the season...

24 minutes agoArteta explains team selection

Jurrien Timber drops to the bench this afternoon and Declan Rice is not even in the squad.

Mikel Arteta has been speaking ahead of kick-off about those decisions.

“Him and Jurrien are not fit - Declan couldn't even train so he's injured unfortunately and couldn't make the game,” the Arsenal boss says.

32 minutes agoArsenal objective clear for Anfield test

After an emotional exit from the Champions League on Wednesday night, Anfield is surely one of the last places Arsenal would want to go to this weekend.

Arsenal have not won at Anfield since September 2012, when they ran out 2-0 winners in a match that Mikel Arteta started in midfield for.

Since then, Liverpool has become an unhappy hunting ground for the Gunners, other than in October 2020 when they won a Carabao Cup clash there on penalties.

Anfield was empty that night due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it will be packed and loud on Sunday.

With the title secured, Liverpool’s final three games are essentially one big celebration party and Arsenal will follow Chelsea’s lead last week of giving them a guard of honour.

Liverpool fans will take some joy in that and they will have also, surely, taken note of Arteta’s comments earlier this week.

The Spaniard said how “Liverpool have won the title with less points than we have in the last two seasons”, which is unlikely to have gone down well on Merseyside.

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39 minutes agoSimon Collings at Anfield

No Arsenal win here since 2012...

47 minutes agoLiverpool go strong

Liverpool pretty much back to full strength this afternoon.

As Arne Slot confirmed on Friday, Conor Bradley starts at right-back, replacing Trent Alexander-Arnold after the official confirmation that he would leave in the summer.

Curtis Jones gets the nod over Alexis Mac Allister in midfield.

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52 minutes agoArsenal without Rice

No Declan Rice in the squad for Arsenal this afternoon.

That means a bit of a reshuffle, with Mikel Merino back in midfield and Leandro Trossard coming in to lead the line.

Ben White also comes into the side, replacing Jurrien Timber at right-back.

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58 minutes agoLiverpool team news

Starting XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai, Salah, Diaz, Gakpo

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Mac Allister, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah

1 hour agoArsenal team news

Subs: Neto, Tierney, Timber, Zinchenko, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Henry-Francis, Nwaneri, Sterling

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