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The Dugout Discussion – Liverpool vs Arsenal

8 February 2014 2351 comments
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The day’s eight Premier League fixtures begin with a lip-smacking encounter at Anfield and end with a tumultuous derby in South Wales. Let the drama, goals and Fantasy points flow.

Proceedings kick-off in just over five minutes with Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool hosting the league leaders. The Gunners arrive on Merseyside having won six of their last seven, halted only by a spritely Southampton showing on their previous away trip. Before that, Arsene Wenger’s side had won three consecutive matches on the road and only City have scored more goals on their travels all season. Similarly, Liverpool’s home form is strong. A total of 33 goals is again only bettered by Manuel Pellegrini’s side and the 2-2 draw with Villa in Gameweek 22 was the first time they’ve failed to win on home turf since back in September, when Southampton turned up and took the points back in Gameweek 5.

The statistics point to an almighty tussle, then, with the potent pairing of Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez facing up to an Arsenal centre-back duo who have not tasted defeat as a partnership for 31 matches. Something surely has to give.

The team news from Anfield finds the home side unchanged with Raheem Sterling keeping his start in what could be a 4-3-3 or a standard 4-4-2 from Rodgers. Wenger makes one alteration – Jack Wilshere returns with Lukas Podolski dropping to the bench.

Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to steer you through this early kick-off and will be ready and waiting for today’s three o’clock encounters.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Nomar
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    • 16 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    How many people have transferred out Arsenal defenders already?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      They won't play at Anfield every week.

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    2. Jax
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      their next four fixtures are good then spurs, chelsea, man city, everton in a row.

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        they'll concede to United guaranteed

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    3. FantaCity
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      no, but I transferred out Skrtel last night . . .

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Ouch!!!!

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      2. Jax
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        hahahaha

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        1. FantaCity
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          thanks for the sympathy vote 😉

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  2. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Rooney and Johnson to?

    A) Sturridge and Gerrard
    B) Sturridge and Eriksen

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    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      A

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  3. DonTheSpecialOne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJcMw7UCYAAhbq0.jpg

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      More like "I better go get ready to go on"

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  4. Acquafresca
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Ozil off for Arshavin.

    4-4 FT.

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    1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      There wont be a repeat.

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  5. Optimus.
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    8 point hit on the cards 😀

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      ^this

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      -4 for me 😉

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  6. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    On the brink of ridding my self of mert

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    1. Walsh
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Don't be rash mate!

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    2. Benteke10
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Get rid after gw 29

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  7. Balotellitubbies
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone with the tech skills to create an app that mutes Michael Owen?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      No. But I'll pay a tenner for it if you need a feasibility study.

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      1. Balotellitubbies
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        We could just dub random Chris Kamara quotes over him. 😆

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    2. jdoyle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      You'd be a rich rich man.

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  8. JT's Dog
      11 years, 10 months ago

      God Owen even on adverts
      Does he do weather also

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      1. Jax
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        i'd prefer joe pasquale on commentary

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      2. WipWapJaws
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Pitty he work out a way to stay on the pitch....

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        1. WipWapJaws
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          *couldnt* opps.... it is a bit late here

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    • The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      gotta wonder what would have happened if they had called the first goal offsides.(since, you know....it was)

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        itd be 3-0

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    • Licky
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Cue Liverpool cocking this up royally.

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      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        That's not your link so.

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        1. Licky
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          I'm not obliged to be an optimist. 😉

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    • Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      @BT Sport Viewers

      Why not mute the TV/stream and play BBC radio 5 in the background?

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      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Will they match?

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        1. Nice to Finally Michu
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Close enough

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        2. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          May do. If not, people on streams can pause and play etc until they do. If you have the radio on tunein radio you can skip back 10 seconds.

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      2. Heydudes13
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Radio's ahead.

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        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Then pause the TV for a few secs

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        2. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Get Tunein radio app and play it on there. You cab pause and rewind.

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      3. Oi! Shadders!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Alan Green?

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    • ElementWire
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      I'll take a draw at this point

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      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        😆

        If I were you, I'd take the 4-0 loss

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    • Just A Hat
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Leeds!

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    • d1sable
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      11 years, 10 months ago

      Owen makes watching football painful

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    • Rice Pudding
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      He totally meant that

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    • Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Glad I benched Sagna 😀

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    • The Chosen One...
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Mert > Cahill 😎

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      1. Jax
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        west brom will score v chelsea midweek. fail.

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        1. The Chosen One...
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          And United will score against Arsenal midweek genius

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          1. Jax
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 10 months ago

            no mate.

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    • jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Wenger wishing he bought some goals instead of Kallstrom in the window

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      1. GREENDREAMS11
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Don't think that would have made any difference today to be fair. Liverpool have been class.

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        1. jas5sk - Youtube channel
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          So used to Arsenal holding the ball and passing it around. Haven't seen them get bossed in midfield like (with speed and possesion) this since they lost to Swansea

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          1. Sheep Flavour
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 10 months ago

            GD LFC fan. They have been very good. Best 45 min performance of the season.But Arsenal were weak to not buy another decent striker and defender to be honest.

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            1. GREENDREAMS11
              • 16 Years
              11 years, 10 months ago

              Bitter toffee speaking, I'm a Hibs fan and this fool knows it, he just doesn't like the fact that I tell him at work how much better Pool are than Everton. Arsenals defence has been fairly solid recently dude. I don't think anyone seen this coming.

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          2. GREENDREAMS11
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 10 months ago

            Yeah it's not what you normally see from them but credit to Pool, they have been great from the off, How much better will Pool be with Enrique back instead of Cissokho

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    • Jax
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      stephen warnock scores...for leeds. former liverpool eh, legend.

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    • Shatner's Bassoon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      BPS at half time:

      Gerrard 12
      Skrtel 9
      Sturridge 8
      Sterling 7
      Coutinho 6
      Suárez 6

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      1. MCH
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        ty

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    • AK ⭐
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Where's that Toparse guy? 😆 😆

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      1. Elwood
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Praying

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      2. Licky
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        On a flight to St Petersburg.

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      3. AK ⭐
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Super Oscar Baby would be laughing his guts out..

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    • super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Eriksen > mirallas seem a good move next week?

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    • jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Could have had Draxler, Vucinic, Mitroglou...

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    • FACUPARSE
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      This game is over, Arsenal will probably be third at the end of play...

      But hopefully this will make us realise how to start a big game better. If we beat United on Wednesday we'll still be in a good position.

      SuperBabyOscar you have as much class as a tramp in a suit

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      1. Just A Hat
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Surely Wenger should know how to start big games by now?

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      2. SuperOsçarBaby
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        stop reading at 'start a big game better'

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      3. RabMac
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I was sure the capture of Kim Källström would have consolidated top spot.

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      4. Sheep Flavour
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Sorry but Arse has been there for how long? if he doesnt know how to start a game now he never will!

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    • isacki: full casual
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      I think Wenger will be considering bringing Rosicky on to compete in midfield. If he's brave and has balls, he'll take Ozil off.

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      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Get Podolski on too

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      2. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        It's really tricky what to do now because our problem is that we are passing too slowly and we are being royally caught out of position when we lose the ball. We need faster passers to actually pose Liverpool some questions. But Liverpool are set up to counterattack so that could make things worse too.

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      3. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I think he ought to give Ozil a good rollicking and fire him up. He's been far too casual for this sort of game.

        If there isn't an immediate improvement in his work rate, get him off. Make the message clear.

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Sadly Wenger's track record indicates he doesn't have the balls, apart from the Vermaelen dropping

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    • GlasgowFF
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      To be fair, the first goal was offside and it wasn't even a free kick in the first place.

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    • joinho
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      So glad I benched Mertesacker 🙂

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    • Sheldon420
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Gerrard playing so deep and watching his long passes is giving me a brain boner.

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    • Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Suarez non-captainers coming up for air from behind the sofa? 😀

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      1. MCH
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Only to make tea. Will be back there after HT.

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      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I'll take 4-0 & I have SAS

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    • Nice to Finally Michu
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      I suspect my cup opponent used his second WC just for our cup match, I mean why on Earth would you use it right after you Wildcarded already?

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