Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has warned the Anfield facet that Trent Alexander-Arnold will need assistance coping with Arsenal ahead Gabriel Martinelli when the 2 sides meet on October 9.
The Merseysiders head to the Emirates Stadium to face league leaders Arsenal, with each wanting to safe a significant victory.
The Gunners have been in spectacular kind, successful six of their seven league fixtures, whereas Jurgen Klopp’s facet have been dissapointing.
They sit ninth and path the north Londoners by 10 factors heading into the encounter this Sunday.
Mikel Arteta’s facet boasts actual attacking choices, none extra so than Martinelli.
The Brazilian is excelling on the left-hand facet of the Gunners’ assault and comes up in opposition to Alexander-Arnold this weekend.
He has bagged three objectives and an help in 9 appearances in all competitions and Souness believes Alexander-Arnold will need assistance dealing with the ahead.
He wrote in his Each day Mail column (by way of Football365):
“We’ll see within the subsequent eight days, with the sport at Arsenal on Sunday and Manchester Metropolis at Anfield subsequent Sunday, how Liverpool’s gamers cope with the most important check they’ve referred to as a gaggle.”
He continued,
“Gabriel Martinelli will probably be an enormous a part of the risk to them on the Emirates. He has nice ft and appears to me like he’s going to be an actual participant. Trent Alexander-Arnold will need assistance from his centre halves and midfielders.”
Martinelli joined Arsenal from Brazilian outfit Ituano as a young person in 2019 for £6.4 million.
The attacker has gone on to turn into one of many Gunners’ main forwards, making 94 appearances, scoring 21 objectives and offering 14 assists.
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Klopp has been heaping reward on Arteta’s facet and has been impressed by the way in which during which the Spaniard has built-in youth.
He stated in his pre-match presser (by way of the aforementioned supply):
“All my respect, wow! Actually good job from Mikel. If you want time, no one desires to provide you it. I’ve to say, a variety of respect. Quite a lot of expertise…Martinelli, I used to be enthusiastic about him early, Odegaard, I spoke to him at 15 in Norway along with his dad. Saka…ooof.”
He continued,
“And Gabriel Jesus, Mikel might see how good he could possibly be not in a Man Metropolis shirt. Thomas Partey, everybody noticed how good he was at Atletico Madrid. Numerous high quality. A younger, thrilling staff doing very well. Now we go there and we don’t take into consideration [past results].”
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