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Theo Walcott returns to the Arsenal bench as Arsene Wenger names an incredibly attacking line-up.
Calum Chambers returns to the side from suspension to replace Hector Bellerin, while Arsene Wenger names an incredibly attacking line-up for the clash at Anfield.
Danny Welbeck, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Santi Cazorla all start.
Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers keeps faith with Brad Jones in goal, while Sakho replaces Lovren in defence and Raheem Sterling keeps his place up front.
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Liverpool starting XI: Jones, Toure, Skrtel, Sakho, Lucas, Henderson, Markovic, Coutinho, Gerrard, Lallana, Sterling
Substitutes: Mignolet, Enrique, Lambert, Moreno, Manquillo, Can, Borini
Arsenal starting XI: Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Gibbs, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Alexis, Giroud, Welbeck
Substitutes: Martinez, Monreal, Coquelin, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Walcott, Podolski
Speaking ahead of the match, Brendan Rodgers admitted that 'modern world' of football means that both he and Arsene Wenger will come under scrutiny, but blasted the treatment of the Gunners boss after their recent clash with West Brom.
“He has been an iconic figure for football, he has been amazing,” said the Liverpool manager. “You get criticised when you don’t win games but some of the personal stuff he takes is disgraceful, absolutely disgraceful.
“He fell over in a train station and they were videoing it, taking pictures of him, and then people print it. What happened to him the other week at West Brom was absolutely disgraceful, as a leading figure in football, a real statesman of the game, it was really poor. But that is the modern world, unfortunately. Six or seven months ago, I was the manager of the year. I was going to be this and that and tactically I was this and that. But because we lost two world-class players [Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge] – one out of the club, one injured – I am useless.”
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