Arsenal team news: Expected XI vs Liverpool as Mikel Arteta’s side faces latest title test | Football | Sport

Arsenal face their latest test at the top of the Premier League as Liverpool travel to the Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta’s side dropped off the top of the table following Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Southampton on Saturday, but can return to the summit with victory over the Reds. The Spaniard has largely kept to a settled lineup, but could make changes in order to combat the threats that Jurgen Klopp’s side pose going forward. Express Sport looks at a predicted Arsenal team to start in north London.Goalkeeper: Aaron RamsdaleAfter getting his rest in midweek as US international Matt Turner came in for the Gunners’ 3-0 Europa League win over Bodo/Glimt on Thursday, Aaron Ramsdale is expected to return between the posts for the visit of Liverpool. The England stopper sent a warning to his side that despite the Reds enduring a tough start to the season, Arsenal will need to be fully focused to claim all three points.”You don’t stay top of the league for as long as they have and you don’t become a bad team overnight,” Ramsdale told Sky Sports. “We’ve got to be on our game like we have been throughout the start of the season.”READ MORE: Tottenham have £45m regret in problem they could’ve fixed for freeDefence: Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Kieran TierneyNeither William Saliba nor Gabriel in the heart of defence are likely to be rotated, as the two have formed a strong partnership and lay the foundation for the rest of the team. There are more questions at full-back, where Ben White has deputised at right-back ahead of Takehiro Tomiyasu.White made the difference in the 3-1 win over Tottenham last weekend, as Antonio Conte’s side struggled to deal with his overlapping runs and he is expected to keep his place in the side. Kieran Tierney came in for Oleksandr Zinchenko in the Europa League, as the Ukrainian was left out of the squad as he has been struggling with injury and missed training on Wednesday ahead of the clash with the Norwegian side. Arteta did not offer any additional information during his pre-Liverpool press conference on Friday, as the Gunners had another training session to assess the team’s fitness on Saturday.



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