Arsenal‘s Emirates Stadium will play host to a heavyweight clash on Sunday as Arne Slot’s high-flying Liverpool team head to north London looking to claim a victory at the home of one of their Premier League title rivals.
Mikel Arteta’s side lost ground in the race for the title in a 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth following William Saliba‘s first-half red card, while Liverpool are making the trip to the capital off the back of an impressive 2-1 win over Chelsea at Anfield that caused many to talk up Slot’s side’s credentials.
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Arsenal
If Arsenal are to get back on track with a win over Liverpool, they will have to do so without Saliba, arguably their most important defender. The France international will watch Sunday’s game from the stands as he serves a one-match ban for the red card he was shown in the defeat at Bournemouth.
Arteta is dealing with several fitness concerns ahead of Sunday’s clash, chief of which is Bukayo Saka‘s recovery from the hamstring injury that saw him limp off during England‘s Nations League loss to Greece on earlier this month and subsequently miss the trip to Bournemouth.
There had been optimism at Arsenal that Saka would be fit for the trip to the Vitality Stadium, with Arteta saying on Friday that Saka was recovering well. However, Saka was not named among the Arsenal squad on the south coast, and, speaking on Tuesday after their Champions League win against Shakhtar Donestk, Arteta said the forward still had not trained and was “unlikely” to be healthy enough to feature on Sunday.