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182 Liverpool take on Arsenal this weekend in what will be an incredibly cagey fixture between two top teams.
Both clubs come into this game knowing that a win will move them to the top of the table, and it may just take one moment of brilliance or one mistake to settle this one.
This game, perhaps more than any other, will be about the individual battles on the pitch, and speaking on Five, Danny Murphy has now admitted that he’s particularly concerned about one head-to-head.
Indeed, Murphy says that he’s now particularly worried about how Kostas Tsimikas will deal with Bukayo Saka down that flank.
Tsimikas vs Saka worrying
Murphy shared his verdict on this head-to-head and the £12m man.
“Is Tsimikas going to stop Saka?” Murphy was asked.
“Well, I was going to get to that, both ways Arsenal have a go at Liverpool, and I see goals, generally if teams have a go at Anfield Liverpool end up on top, hence the fact they’ve not lost a game at Anfield this season,” Murphy said.
“It’s the final third isn’t it. You’ve just worried me, Tsimikas against Saka.”
Concerning
This is a point of concern heading into this game.
It’s not as though Tsimikas is a bad player, but he does have a mistake or two in him, and he’s not as good as Andy Robertson.
Meanwhile, Bukayo Saka is one of the best in the league down that right wing, and as he showed against Liverpool last season, he can turn up in these big games.
Of course, Liverpool have their own attacking threats that Arsenal’s defenders will have to contend with, but in such a tightly contested game, you’re bound to worry about the weaker links in your team, and Tsimikas is certainly one player in this team who you would earmark as being slightly below par.
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