For the second year in a row, Liverpool and Arsenal are preparing to meet at Anfield in the third week of the Premier League season. In August of last year, the encounter ended in a 3-1 win for Jurgen Klopp's side but the final scoreline could easily have been worse for Arsenal. Liverpool attempted 25 shots over the course of the 90 minutes. The two clubs appeared on different trajectories and so it proved. This year, however, with Mikel Arteta at the helm in place of Unai Emery, Arsenal head into the game believing that downward trajectory has been reversed. The most recent meeting between the two sides, in the Community Shield last month, ended in a penalty shootout win for the Gunners....
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