Roy Keane and Paul Scholes make the same point about Arsenal ahead of Liverpool clash

Arsenal big Liverpool connected Sunday successful a lucifer that's definite to person immense implications connected the Premier League rubric race, and Sky Sports' prima pundits are unified connected 1 peculiar point

Arsenal won't find overmuch sympathy from Roy Keane oregon Paul Scholes up of Sunday's showdown with Liverpool.

The Gunners look an aboriginal introspection of their Premier League rubric prospects erstwhile Arne Slot's in-form Reds question to northbound London. However, Arsenal volition beryllium without a raft of starters, including the suspended William Saliba, on with injured Martin Odegaard and Riccardo Calafiori, portion Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber are doubtful.

The absentee database is capable to devastate Mikel Arteta's chances earlier a shot has been kicked - but Keane and Scholes accidental otherwise. And it's the former's presumption that these are precisely the kinds of investigating conditions that certify whether a squad is genuinely title-worthy.

“That’s what the crippled is astir - we speech astir Arsenal and each these large clubs, you person to woody with these injuries and each present and again a subordinate being sent off,” said Keane connected the Stick to Football podcast. "You tin get results - it’s astir arsenic if radical look to deliberation it’s a occurrence to get results erstwhile you person injured players.

“Arsenal are a large nine but Liverpool are coming to town, they’ve had a precise bully start, truthful they should usage that arsenic a substance and say, ‘We’re a large club, we’re going to instrumentality you on.'"

Keane flourished successful a Sir Alex Ferguson squad that became accustomed to clinching large results nether dense rotation. The Man United icon would routinely refresh his sides whether they were taxable to injuries and absences oregon not, and it often inactive led to winning results.

Scholes's constituent was much focused connected the mentality among this Arsenal squad arsenic helium added: "If you privation to triumph leagues, you [Arsenal] person to triumph these large games [against Liverpool]. City was the aforesaid past twelvemonth - they went to City past twelvemonth and got a gully and celebrated it. That was the clip to spell and triumph the league."

Manchester City moved backmost to the apical of the Premier League connected Saturday pursuing a constrictive 1-0 triumph astatine location to Southampton. However, Liverpool - who person won 8 successful a enactment crossed each competitions - tin reconstruct a one-point cushion astatine the acme with a triumph astatine the Emirates.

The Gunners won 3-1 the past clip these teams met successful northbound London backmost successful February, but Liverpool were unbeaten successful 3 visits anterior to that. More than 2 years person passed since the Merseysiders past won a league crippled astatine the Emirates, and definite pundits don't spot immoderate crushed wherefore that streak has to extremity travel Sunday.

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