Liverpool v Arsenal live: Latest score and goal updates from Premier League fixture today – UK Times

Both sides are looking to settle early rather than testing the other defence, with plenty of possession for both in their own defensive thirds.

Trouble for Arsenal already, as Saliba is forced off. He makes way for summer signing Cristhian Mosquera.

Salah is forced to come deep for his first touches of the game, though Liverpool are forced to recycle possession as Arsenal settle quickly.

The Gunners try to get up the pitch but the through ball to Gyokeres has too much on it.

Worries for Arsenal here though, as Saliba has gone to ground in a heap.

Plenty of early pressure up high for Arsenal, with van Dijk already seeing his heels clipped at.

YNWA is belted out around Anfield and we’re ready to get started.

Referee Chris Kavanagh blows the whistle and we’re underway!

One of those strange ones as Declan Rice hooks it long and straight out of play.

Both sides are in the tunnel now, with around five minutes until kick-off.

Roy Keane in the Sky studio says that both sides have pressure on them, what with Liverpool being champions and Arsenal having finished second in the last three consecutive seasons.

Are we about to see the two main title challengers face off? It certainly feels like it, even more so with that City result earlier.

Arteta praises Liverpool ahead of the match, though he’s coy on why he’s left Eze on the bench.

“They [Liverpool] are very good [at] attacking. We prepared the game to win it, every decision is headed towards that.

“All the options on the bench I’m excited about them, let’s use them at the right time,” he says.

He adds that there isn’t room for doubt, explaining that Arsenal need to “show how determined we are to win the game”.

Only Liverpool vs Spurs (206) has seen more goals of all Premier League fixtures than Arsenal vs Liverpool (198). Since 2015/16, it has seen the most goals of any fixture, with 78 in 20 games!

Mohamed Salah has netted 11 Premier League goals against Arsenal, with only Harry Kane (14) and Wayne Rooney (12) ever netting more against the Gunners.

Speaking to Sky, Arne Slot says that today “is mainly about the three points” rather than sending a message in the title race.

“This is another very difficult one, they’re a very good team. But it’s the same for them, they play a very good team.

“Mikel has done a great job by implementing different tactics,” he says, before adding that Liverpool “have to expect a lot, but we’re prepared for that”.

“Last week we conceded two, but against a team with an unbelievable threat through the air. Let’s see what the season brings before we suggest how good we are at defending set-pieces,” he adds as he finishes.

Though this fixture has seen 78 goals scored in the past 20 games, it could be the respective defences who have the biggest say in how today’s game goes.

Liverpool have scored in a remarkable 98 per cent of their games under Arne Slot – 39 out of 40, which is the highest percentage by any manager in Premier League history.

Nevertheless, the Reds’ new-look backline has looked vulnerable at times this season, having conceded four goals over their opening two games.

The Reds had let a two-goal lead slip against 10-man Newcastle on Monday night, having done the same the week before in the win over Bournemouth.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, though Arsenal don’t seem as free-scoring as the Reds, the Gunners are yet to conceded a goal this season and enter 2025/26 having kept the highest number of clean sheets in the league in back-to-back seasons.