It's our toughest festive fixture this evening as we travel to Anfield to take on the as yet unbeaten league leaders Liverpool. It's a game which will demand much from Unai Emery and his players, and we need to be an awful lot better than we were at Brighton if we're to come away with anything tangible. Defensively we still have issues, and I suspect we'll see a back three tonight. My guess is that Laurent Koscielny's withdrawal on 70 minutes the other night was to ensure he could play against the Mugsmashers, and it'll likely be Sokratis and Lichtsteiner in there with him unless Mustafi is considered ready after his return to training. Sead Kolasinac is the obvious choice for the left,...
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