Moreclaw

On sky sports.

The two remaining unbeaten sides in the league meet at Anfield. Arsenal busying destroying anyone in their path, Liverpool stuttering a bit.

Liverpool welcome back Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso is also now available. Daniel Agger is not expected to be fit, though. Jermaine Pennant has been ruled out for 10 weeks however, which actually makes team selection quite a bit easier.

The back 4 will pick itself unless Arbeloa is fit, but there's still numerous issues in midfield. Will Alonso start? Will Sissoko start after being rested in midweek? Will both play and we'll play Gerrard on the right? Who knows. Hopefully Babel will be on the right and Benayoun on the left with Alonso and Gerrard in the middle.

Up front it's a matter of Torres + someone else. Kuyt has started a lot recently, while Voronin has had a shocker or two recently, so I can see Crouch coming out of nowhere to start.

With Jol now gone, 100% of the media sniping will be aimed at Benitez, so if we lose you can expect the "OMFG rotation" and "Johnny Foreigner doesn't understand the EPL" reports to go to the next level.

I'm strangely confident, though. League matches between Liverpool and Arsenal have gone the way of the home side for the past 3 years and with Torres back hopefully we won't be so dire going forward and surely our defence has got to be rid of it's bad luck / clownishness by now.

goon

I'd take a draw in a heartbeat. Have a terrible feeling we'll lose.

Slightly Damp Shrew

Am convinced we'll lose. Football simply too much of a bastard to simply let the best team win.

chrissybabe

1-1 draw imo.

I think you're overplaying the media reaction if we lose, it is Arsenal tbf.

Gerrard right side, Alonso back, Kuyt a certain starter, Crouch and Benayoun to get a combined 20 minutes between them despite neither doing anything wrong this season and the latter impressing me every time he has played.

BBB

adalorc

J4m1e

We should play:

Reina

Finnan
Carra
Hyypia
Riise

Benayoun
Gerrard
Alonso
Babel

Kuyt
Torres

If injuries etc are as expected of course.

goon

Although if Aleks feels like turning it on the Hypia will need a new hip :cool:

CKKJ

what?

BBB

a draw and lots of red cards

Ratinho

2-0 Liverpool

Air of pointless inevitability about this game.