PL: Liverpool vs Arsenal | December 29th | KO: 17:30 | BT Sport

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Should we lose this, we'll be 16 points behind the league leaders before January has started and probably 10 points behind Sp**s and only 3 in front of United, who have been the laughing stock this season.

That tells me something about this squad. Emery, Sven and the others have a lot of work to do. I hope they are ruthless. Sell Iwobi to Sunderland.

Almost forgot: COYG!

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Should we lose this, we'll be 16 points behind the league leaders before January has started and probably 10 points behind Sp**s and only 3 in front of United, who have been the laughing stock this season.

That tells me something about this squad. Emery, Sven and the others have a lot of work to do. I hope they are ruthless. Sell Iwobi to Sunderland.

Almost forgot: COYG!

We are always going to be very far from the 1st place our target is forth our squad is not good enough to achieve that specially with the defensive injuries and lack of wingers

 

[A_G]

Emery needs to tell Kolasinac and whoever plays at RB to not touch any of their players in the box

 

[bingobob]

United will be 3 points behind us after this weekend ffs.

I think an awful lot has been made of United's poor season that people forget they actually have a quality side. It's still pretty much the team that won the EL and finished second last season. The platform was always there for them to improve.

I'm not sure how we line up. All I know is whatever 16 are selected for the squad need to play at 100%. The feel good factor has been lost after a few disappointing results. Going in and beating Liverpool will restore that. If we don't win we are in trouble.

 

[Mitch]

Diaby mark 2 needs to be dropped for Elneny. That's the only change I would make from the last match starting line up however no premature subbing of Laca and Özil.

 

[Brett]

Emery needs to tell Kolasinac and whoever plays at RB to not touch any of their players in the box

It is referee's fault for giving a penalty.

 

[lamby22]

Wouldn't be surprised at all if he starts with the team that finished today's match, with Mustafi coming in depending on fitness:

That team is so average it hurts. Can't see us scoring and no way are we keeping a clean sheet. Might give this one a miss.

 

[razörist]

Emery needs to tell Kolasinac and whoever plays at RB to not touch any of their players in the box

Is it weird that I find that a correct penalty? In no way is it enough for Salah to fall like that, that’s not the issue for me. However, the newcastle defender clearly pulls him from behind with no intention or possibilty to get the ball and hinders his progress, I think that should be a pen.

 

[squallman]

Watch us eke out a 2-0 win here.

 

[Banks]

This game could turn our season and hunt for top 4. We need to play with no holding back like at the Emirates and I am not scared because they can hurt us just as we can hurt them too and our strikers need to be lethal with their chances and I have a feeling Lacazette would make the difference here.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Lol but forgive a guy who actually dived because there is not enough evidence

 

[Malky]

Lol but forgive a guy who actually dived because there is not enough evidence

The FA are a farce.
In the game of football kicking a bottle on the sideline is considered worse than diving to cheat the opposition out of a penalty? Well done, FA.
Salah is a cheating bastard, Ramos had the right idea last season.

 

[Makingtrax]

If there’s no contact and a player dives the FA will take action. But when a player is pulled back and then dives, it seems to be legitimate.

Message there for all strikers then. If there’s a hand on you, dive to the floor. Small margins win games.

Not sure where this game is going.

 

[MutableEarth]

Diaby mark 2 needs to be dropped for Elneny. That's the only change I would make from the last match starting line up however no premature subbing of Laca and Özil.

Anyone but the bolded, thank you.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

If there’s no contact and a player dives the FA will take action. But when a player is pulled back and then dives, it seems to be legitimate.

Message there for all strikers then. If there’s a hand on you, dive to the floor. Small margins win games.

Not sure where this game is going.

South by the looks of it.

The only upside is that our manager knows how to strike a ball. Quite odd as you'd think he'd feel a certain kinship to Laca & Auba instead of pulling them when we're in dire need of a goal

 

[juice man]

Going to be a very tough game. Liverpool are firing on all cylinders right now, whereas we appear to be in a bit of a slump. Going to need the lads to put on a great performance if we’re going to get anything out of this.

 

[A_G]

Is it weird that I find that a correct penalty? In no way is it enough for Salah to fall like that, that’s not the issue for me. However, the newcastle defender clearly pulls him from behind with no intention or possibilty to get the ball and hinders his progress, I think that should be a pen.

If this wasn't a penalty, neither was Salah's. I'm still bitter.

 

[asukru]

For some reason I feel it is written in the stars for us to hand them their first defeat of the season. I am up for this one and I am confident Emery will ensure the team is up for it too. Let's get it Gunners!

 

[Taxi Driver]

For some reason I feel it is written in the stars for us to hand them their first defeat of the season. I am up for this one and I am confident Emery will ensure the team is up for it too. Let's get it Gunners!

Weirdly enough, I feel the same. Maybe because it will seem like an easy victory for them and we can exploit that? We'll see.

 

[razörist]

If this wasn't a penalty, neither was Salah's. I'm still bitter.

Come on bro that would have been a penalty for us, refs can’t have that. That’s not a fair comparison. You need to two foot an arsenal player from behind to give a pen away, and even that is 50/50.