Talking Points: Can Arsenal block out the noise this time?

FLASH POINT: Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool confronts Granit Xhaka of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Arsenal FC at Anfield in April. Pic: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Saturday’s Liverpool-Arsenal humdinger is the first of three games between the sides in the next few weeks. The Gunners host Jurgen Klopp’s side in the Premier League on February 4 and in between, they’ll face off at the Emirates in the third round of the FA Cup. 

Whatever of Mikel Arteta’s Champions League aspirations, this group of games will shape the narrative around their domestic ambition – whether the Spaniard like it or not. Arsene Wenger always said Anfield was the away ground he admired and dreaded visiting most.