Paul Merson and Chris Sutton both believe Arsenal will be leaving Anfield with all three points on Sunday evening in the Premier League.
Liverpool are winless in three league matches having not won since the 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United and are now 13 points behind the Champions League places.
Hopes of a top-four finish are all but over but Jurgen Klopp will demand his side put on a show for the home crowd against an Arsenal team who will be looking to re-establish their eight-point lead at the top.
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Former Gunners star Merson thinks Mikel Arteta's men will pass the Anfield test with a 2-1 victory while Premier League title winner Sutton is going for a 3-1 away win.
Merson told Sportskeeda “This game is a worry for Arsenal. Liverpool did not play [Mohamed] Salah, [Virgil] Van Dijk, [Andy] Robertson or [Trent] Alexander-Arnold against Chelsea. Jurgen Klopp could be saving these players for Arsenal. I’d be shocked if they don’t play this game.
“It seems like the Arsenal game at home is more important to Jurgen Klopp, and that would worry me as an Arsenal fan. If Arsenal win this game, I think they win the Premier League. They still have a game against an excellent Newcastle side, but Arsenal won’t have to beat them if they can get the better of Liverpool. If they win this game, they would have to have a major meltdown to lose the title race.
“Jurgen Klopp wants his Liverpool side to play a certain way, and his team doesn’t have the legs to pull it off at the moment. It wasn’t too long ago that Liverpool were smashing Manchester United at home. This is going to be a difficult game for Arsenal, and a victory here would seal the Premier League title for me.”
Former Blackburn Rovers striker Sutton told BBC Sport: "I just don't see a switch being flicked with their current group where, all of a sudden, they respond next season - their problems have gone on for too long. I have to hold my hands up and admit I got it wrong a lot with my predictions for Liverpool this season because I kept thinking they had turned a corner - and they haven't done.
"There is not a lot wrong with their forward line but their defence is just not good enough and I am amazed Jurgen Klopp's side kept a clean sheet against Chelsea. They won't keep Arsenal out on Sunday, though. There is absolutely no chance of that.
"The way Arsenal are playing, I am expecting them to turn up at Anfield, play with a swagger, and cut right through Liverpool. The Gunners have not won there since September 2012, when Mikel Arteta was playing for them, and in the past this might have been a trip they feared. Not any more."
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