Arsenal vs Liverpool confirmed line-ups: Team news ahead of Premier League fixture tonight

Jurgen Klopp speaking about the impact of Lius Diaz since his arrival in January: "It’s good. He’s been here a few weeks and had an incredibly good start.

"His age (25), the stage of his career... he can improve a lot. It’s just cool how he’s settled as a boy and a player. Our part was we scouted the right boy."

Liverpool have kept three successive league clean sheets for the first time this season. They have scored 34 Premier League goals away from home, more than any other side in the top flight.

Only Liverpool have won more points than the Gunners in the last six matches. Arsenal are unbeaten in all eight of their midweek Premier League home fixtures under Mikel Arteta with five wins and three draws.

"It’s final after final after final that we play.” said Jurgen Klopp about challenging Manchester City for the Premier League title.

"We’re not 10 points ahead with 10 games to go. It’s in front of us, so attack it, chase it, go for it. It’s the only chance we have. The plan is to be as annoying as possible. We have to win our games, you know that, but we are very ambitious and determined to do great stuff.

"We have 10 games to play and there’s a few really tough ones. They are all tough. Can we win all 10 games? It doesn’t sound likely, but we will give it a try."

Liverpool have won eight Premier League games in a row for the first time since a run of 18 ended in February 2020. They have scored 21 goals and only conceded twice during their current winning streak.

Arsenal are looking to win six consecutive Premier League games for the first time since a run of seven under Unai Emery in 2018. Mikel Arteta’s side will also make it a fourth consecutive home victory in the league if they beat Liverpool this evening.

Jurgen Klopp turned off Manchester City’s match on Monday before the end, but not because of nerves, or any fan-style expectation that Pep Guardiola’s side would of course score.

He had his own life to get on with, and his own work to do. So he only watched 65 minutes. That was enough.

Klopp admitted he was “surprised” that Crystal Palace pulled off a 0-0 draw, but it didn’t really alter his mood. He is far more concerned with his Liverpool team to retain their focus.

It is one of the little twists ahead of a huge game at Arsenal, that could well represent a huge turn in both the title race and the chase for the Champions League places.

Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta was asked in his pre-match press conference whether his side are currently playing the best they’ve played under the Spanish boss and he replied:

“I think with the level of consistency, throughout the games, I would say yes,

“We are playing better. We have a better understanding on what we want. We have confidence and belief, and an understanding with each other. Everything clicks better and quicker.”

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, says he only watched 65 minutes of Manchester City’s Premier draw with Crystal Palace on Mondya night and was surprised when he found out the results. When asked whether that drew raised the mood within his squad he replied:

"I watched City for exactly 65 minutes for analysis reasons, believe it or not. I don’t have time to watch them in real time.

"Palace did well, but so did City - they just didn’t finish situations off. For the last 30 minutes I didn’t watch, but I saw the result and was surprised.

"Does it help the mood? Why should it? We play Arsenal and we cannot count [on getting] points away at Arsenal now. It’s easy for you but it’s four points. We have to play this game. If we want to reach something in this Premier League and you’re not top then you need to win games and others need to drop [points]."

Arsenal have won just one of the last 18 meetings in all competitions with eight draws and nine defeats. They beat Liverpool 2-1 at home in July 2020.

The Gunners have failed to score in any of the last five meetings and Liverpool could win three consecutive away games against Arsenal for the first time.

This will be their third meeting of 2022 after Liverpool won the two-legged EFL Cup semi-final in January.