Key Talking Points Ahead of Liverpool's Clash with Arsenal

Arsenal’s trip to Anfield will be one of the most crucial fixtures the Gunners face this season. Both teams have an enormous amount to play for, and are set for an enthralling encounter. Heading into the game, there are four big questions that need answering. 

 

Can Arsenal Stay Top? 

Chelsea’s victory at the Etihad ensured that Arsenal stayed top of the Premier League. This weekend, they must win at Anfield to be certain of remaining at the top of the pile. 

In a best-case scenario, an Arsenal win could see the Gunners end the weekend with a five-point lead over their closest rivals. Given the harrowing fixture list that awaits Arsene Wenger’s team, that sort of cushion could prove invaluable.  

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Are Liverpool Still in the Race for the Title?

Liverpool have largely been written off as title challengers. However, a win over Arsenal would see them move to within five points of the league leaders. With 13 games still to play, making up that gap would seem entirely plausible. 

Liverpool are widely believed to be embroiled in the race for Champions League qualification rather than the Premier League trophy. However, the best way to ensure a top-four finish is to stay close to the summit for as long as possible. If Liverpool can keep the pace in the title race, Champions League qualification could come as a welcome runners-up prize. 

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Manchester City 'Can Score 30+ Points in Next 6 Games,' Claims Jamie Carragher

With a maximum of 18 points available, that would be something of a stretch.

Far more likely is Carra intending to say 13—which could have been picked up from four wins, a draw and a defeat.

But somehow bad maths keeps following Manchester City around this season.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini famously miscalculated how many goals his side would need to beat Bayern Munich by to qualify top of their Champions League group.

And last month striker Edin Dzeko lost count of how many goals the team had scored during their 6-0 devastation of West Ham United in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final.

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Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend's action

A consequence passed Pardew's side off the park during the course of a 3-0 win. If Newcastle's manager has become increasingly pragmatic over the years, Sunderland's Gus Poyet is an ideologically driven purist big on a possession-based passing game. Implementing this philosophy has taken time and progress has been incremental but, like Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool, he is beginning to reap the benefits of having a defined vision. With a key disciple in Liam Bridcutt, newly arrived from Brighton, around to help him implement his ideas, Poyet's team looked poised to pull well clear of relegation waters. Pardew could do worse than remember his much more purist past at Reading and challenge his players to prove they really can still pass and move fluently - even without the departed Yohan Cabaye. Principles matter; moreover if Newcastle's manager sticks to them Hatem Ben Arfa will surely become re-invigorated in broadly the same manner that Adam Johnson has been re-born under Poyet's blueprint.
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