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Title rivals contest huge early season clash at Anfield, where Gunners have not won in the top-flight for 13 years

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Alex Young@alexwsyoung|Simon Collings@sr_collings

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Liverpool vs Arsenal LIVE!

A blockbuster showdown between likely title rivals headlines the early Premier League season slate at Anfield this afternoon.

Arsenal head to Merseyside full of confidence having started their latest campaign with victory at Manchester United and a drubbing of newly-promoted Leeds that saw summer signing Viktor Gyokeres off the mark, though the injuries are already piling up for Mikel Arteta with Bukayo Saka sidelined again and captain Martin Odegaard battling to be fit.

Liverpool have made an eventful start to their championship defence, with goals not a problem but defensive frailties leading to cause for concern.

Follow Liverpool vs Arsenal live below, with expert analysis from Simon Collings at Anfield.

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Kick-off time: 4.30pm BST | Anfield How to watch: Sky Sports Liverpool XI: Mac Allister returns Arsenal XI: Odegaard and Eze on bench Score prediction3 minutes agoArne Slot to Sky Sports

"You can expect a lot from them.

I’m very confident that he’s played in the league for so many years.

“We have to put him in the positions and scenarios where he can deliver those moments which are the reason why we brought him here: to give us something different, something unexpected, and we will adapt to more what is necessary as we know the outcome of that is really big.”

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25 minutes ago

As Liverpool and Arsenal prepare for kick-off, Manchester City look to be going down to Brighton.

Going to those grounds, those stadiums, against this kind of opposition is what we want, and coming away from those big games, winning in a really convincing way, that’s the objective.”

37 minutes agoVAR official dropped today after Fulham goal error

There has been a late change in match officials today.

PGMOL have removed Michael Salisbury from VAR duties after admitting he made a mistake in disallowing Fulham’s opener against Chelsea on Saturday.

Josh King thought he had opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge with a well-taken breakaway goal, but play was pulled back as Rodrigo Muniz was deemed to have fouled Trevoh Chalobah in the buildup.

It proved a pivotal moment in the match, which Chelsea went on to win 2-0 despite being outplayed for long stretches.

It was not the only contentious VAR decision in the match, either, as Chelsea were later awarded a penalty as Ryan Sessegnon was convicted of handling the ball after Joao Pedro got away with a similar offence.

PGMOL have now issued an apology to Fulham, though, acknowledging that Salisbury’s decision went against the ‘referee’s call’ principle, which holds that VAR can only intervene after a clear and obvious error.

Read more here!

45 minutes agoTeam news

So, Odegaard and Eze are on the bench for Arsenal, along with Max Dowman.

Merino comes in for the Arsenal captain as Arteta goes, as expected, slightly defensive.

Liverpool make one change as Mac Allister is fit enough to replace Jones.

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51 minutes agoSimon Collings at Anfield

Must admit, that XI is how you'd expect Arteta to go for a game like this - when Odegaard isn't fully fit.

Merino and Rice will look to disrupt Liverpool's flow and make this game a dogfight.



56 minutes agoConfirmed team news in full

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Robertson, Bradley, Ngumoha

Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Merino; Madueke, Martinelli; Gyokeres

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard, Eze, Nwaneri, Dowman, Trossard, Harriman-Annous

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