Arsenal facing major injury concern ahead of Liverpool clash

Arsenal facing major injury concern ahead of Liverpool clash Liverpool v Arsenal: Team News, Injuries and Key Calls Ahead of Anfield Clash Sunday at Anfield brings a proper Premier League test. Liverpool host Arsenal, and both sides arrive with injury questions, selection headaches and little margin for error. Arsenal have at least had some encouragement on the fitness front. Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice and Christos Tzolis are back in training ahead of the trip to Merseyside. That matters, because Arsenal were stretched in midweek and paid for it with a poor Carabao Cup exit to Fleetwood Town. There was more damage in that game too. Max Dowman saw red and will miss this weekend, while Arsenal were also without Calafiori, Rice, Tzolis, Noni Madueke, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba. Some of those absentees could still make the squad, which changes the picture significantly. Arsenal team news and Madueke concern Madueke remains the main doubt. He has been used regularly on the right this season, making 10 appearances, scoring twice and adding one assist. Arteta was clear enough when asked for an update: “We don’t know yet,” Arteta said at the Sobha Realty Training Centre on Friday afternoon, “we’ll have a training session tomorrow. “[We’ll] see if he can complete that full session tomorrow and as I said, I will know whether he’s available or not.” Photo: IMAGO Arsenal’s record at Anfield in the league is poor. They are chasing a first away league win against Liverpool since September 2012, which tells its own story. Liverpool fitness boost before Anfield showdown Liverpool have their own late calls to make. Andoni Iraola has indicated that Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz could be involved, with both set for fitness tests before kick-off. They have been out since picking up injuries against Brentford earlier this month, forcing changes during a packed run of fixtures. Even so, Liverpool come into this one in better shape mentally. They got through in the Carabao Cup in midweek, drawing 1-1 with Chelsea before winning on penalties at Anfield. Bournemouth now wait in the quarter-finals. Premier League clash could turn on availability This game may come down to who is fit enough to start and who is only fit enough to fill the bench. Arsenal are getting bodies back. Liverpool may be doing the same. At this level, that is often the difference between control and chaos.