Liverpool's next 5 games compared to Arsenal as Arne Slot gets chance to extend gap

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And Liverpool has reason to be optimistic of extending that over the next few weeks.

Liverpool's next five fixtures

Burnley (A): Liverpool's first fixture after the international break sees it travel to Turf Moor.

Atletico Madrid (H): After the return of the Premier League, Liverpool soon faces its first Champions League encounter of the season.

Atletico is far from an easy encounter, but the new format gives the Reds a huge chance of progressing from the league phase, even if things don't pan out quite as serenely as last time.

Everton (H): Okay, so Liverpool's fixture list isn't relenting hugely, with a Merseyside derby never a straightforward affair.

Championship opposition with an expansive, open style should make for a good spectacle, one in which the Reds are likely to come out on top — and a third home assignment in a row is a bonus, too.

Crystal Palace (A): Back in the Premier League, Palace is always a potential banana skin, as Liverpool found out in the Community Shield.

The bottom line is that Liverpool's next three league games are against two bottom-half sides from last season and a newly-promoted outfit.

But Eddie Howe's side is still always an intense, difficult opponent, one that beat Arteta three times last season.

So the next three league games for Arsenal come against teams who finished no lower than seventh last season