Liverpool title rivals Arsenal handed huge blow during West Ham United clash
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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCArsenal were in Premier League action against West Ham UnitedJake Stokes Senior Sport Central Audience Writer, Kieran Horn and Isaac Seelochan Senior Sports JournalistArsenal captain Martin Odegaard has been substituted for the third Premier League match running, in a possible boost for title rivals Liverpool. Mikel Arteta had restored the Norway midfielder to his starting line-up against West Ham United following some impressive substitute appearances.Shoulder troubles have hampered his campaign's beginning, and now a knee injury has led to his replacement by Martin Zubimendi.
Despite trying to shake off the issue, Odegaard couldn't carry on and was withdrawn.Arteta began with Eberechi Eze and Odegaard and the substitution will probably see Declan Rice pushed into a more advanced role with Zubimendi anchoring the midfield.READ MORE: Chelsea vs Liverpool LIVE - team news, TV channel, kick-off time, score and commentary streamREAD MORE: I have had a lot of injuries - now I'm enjoying my football again after leaving LiverpoolAddressing journalists at the Sobha Realty Training Centre on Friday, Arteta emphasised that his team are determined to make amends, having suffered defeats in their previous two home encounters with West Ham.He said: "We want to continue to play and flow and dominate games in the manner that we are doing, and it's going to be a key fixture."Obviously, we learned in the last two seasons as well, because we had two defeats against them here, and it's something we need to put right, and tomorrow is another opportunity to do that. The Spaniard added: "That's the difficulty of that, and the game that we're going to have to play tomorrow as well, with a new manager.We know Nuno really well, the way he sets his team.
"So we expect a really tough match, as we're going to demand again three days later, to come back and have the same performance to win the game."On potentially going top of the Premier League table, Arteta said: "It's about generating momentum, and there are periods in the season that they are crucial and tomorrow's game is a really important one for us."That's why, from the beginning, we need to generate that, in the stadium as well, and go for it, because after we have two weeks' break with the international week."READ MORE: Third issue of new monthly Liverpool FC fix features exclusive Virgil van Dijk interview.......For the latest news and breaking news, visit liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc. Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.Follow us on Twitter @LivEchoLFC - the official Liverpool ECHO LFC Twitter account - for all the latest LFC news as it happens in real time.We're also on Facebook/LiverpoolEchoLFC - your must-see LFC news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day from the Liverpool ECHO.Listen to our podcasts by searching for 'Blood Red' wherever you get your podcasts.Sign up for one of the Liverpool Echo's free daily and weekly newsletters on Liverpool FC by clicking here.