Brendan Rodgers: No more slip-ups for Liverpool

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers accepts his side cannot afford not to turn up in another big game if their top-four ambitions are to survive.

Prior to the international break the Reds’ 13-match unbeaten league run was ended at home to Champions League-chasing rivals Manchester United, leaving them five points adrift of the qualification places.

Defeat at third-placed Arsenal today would be a huge blow to their aspirations of returning to Europe’s elite for a second successive season.