The Arsenal team will have awoken with a sense of pride and admiration on the Thursday morning after their recent 7-0 thrashing of opposition Slavia Prague in the Champions League. Their performance was acclaimed by many critics and galvanised Arsenal fans all over the country in the hope that thair team if comin
Arsenal are also closing in on an all-time club record of 14 consecutive wins in all competitions, however to acheive this feat they must first pass a very stringent and difficult test against out of form Liverpool at Anfield. Liverpool go into the game defeated in midweek by Turkish side Besiktas away from home, they are bottom of Group A. However, their premiership form is much more promising, whereby they have nineteen points, three behind Man City and four behind Man Utd, who they both have a game in hand over as do Arsenal. Especially seeing as Liverpool will be playing at home, and seeing how Arsenal humilited Liverpool last season twice in ten days at Anfield by knocking them out of the FA Cup and also the Carling Cup by 6 goals to three. Julio Baptista's second half romp of the Liverpool defence was enough to ease Arsenal into the next round.
The test Liverpool will pose is not to be underestimated, their defence is solid, midfield hardworking, and attack swift and unforgiving. The key for Liverpool I feel will be Xabi Alonso, if he is able to break away from Fabregas and play balls through to Torres, Liverpool can cause Arsenal some real problems.
Emmanuel Adebayor said to Arsenal TV Online that the media that "every time we play people are saying ‘it’s a test game, it’s a test game’. Then when we win they say ‘another test will be coming’. So the most important thing is to pass this test.
He believes if Arsenal can come through this test, they can do anything this season, who knoes what else could happen in the next seven months.
Arsenal could go nine points clear o Liverpool if they win, stretching the gap so early on at the 1/4 seson mark.
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