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The biggest match of the weekend will see Arsenal taking on Liverpool at the Emirates on Saturday. The Gunners will be hoping to reduce the gap between them and the league leaders while Liverpool will be looking to preserve their unbeaten start to the Premier League this season.
The Gunners have started their first season without legendary manager Arsene Wenger in an impressive fashion, racking up 22 points with 7 victories and a run that saw Arsenal win 11 consecutive matches in all competitions. The pundits favourite to win the title this season, Liverpool has started off their season quite impressively with 26 points and an unbeaten start, occupying the second spot due to lesser goal difference.
A win for Arsenal will see them jumping to 2nd place for the first time this season while a victory for Liverpool will mean that Arsenal will be a further 7 points behind league toppers.
Let us check out how the starting XI would look like if we combined the squads of Arsenal and Liverpool. The starting XI have been chosen based on their form this season.
Formation: 4-3-3
Goalkeeper - Alisson Becker
After a calamitous last season for the goalkeepers of Liverpool that saw them making numerous errors, Jurgen Klopp made it his priority to get a world-class keeper and he indeed made an impressive buy.
Alisson Becker has been very impressive between the sticks conceding just 4 goals in the Premier League while keeping an impressive 6 clean sheets already in the 10 matches. The Brazilian's calmness on the ball and his ability to play out from the back has been another positive for the Merseysiders.
The 26-year old has so far made 19 saves while also notably making 5 sweeper clearances for Liverpool.
Defenders
Right Back - Trent Alexander-Arnold
The injury to Hector Bellerin last week made the choice of Trent Alexander-Arnold an easy decision. The English lad has been once again impressive for the Merseysiders making a total of 8 appearances in the league so far.
The 20-year old averages an impressive 1.9 tackles, 1.4 interceptions and 1.4 clearances per game. The attacking side of the fullback has been equally impressive with 0.8 key passes and 1.1 shots per match at a pass percentage of 80. The England international has also got an assist to his name this season.
Centre-Back - Virgil Van Dijk
The man has made all the difference in the Liverpool backline, Virgil Van Dijk has been literally unbeatable this season with a string of impressive matches in the league so far.
The Dutch international has brought a calmness and composure to the shaky backline since his arrival from Southampton. The costliest defender has so far lived up to his name averaging 1 tackle, 1.3 interceptions, 5.5 clearances and 0.7 blocks per match while also acquiring an impressive successful pass percentage of 89.9.
He is an almost unquestioned choice for this starting XI.
Centre-Back - Joseph Gomez
The man who started to play as the replacement to the injured Croatian Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez has been phenomenal this season so much so that the World Cup Finalist Dejan Lovren has found it hard to get back into the first XI.
The England international has forged an impressive partnership with the Van Dijk keeping an impressive 6 clean sheets in their 10 matches. The defender has so far averaged 1.7 tackles, 1.3 interceptions, 2.7 clearances and 0.4 blocks per match while also racking up a successful pass percentage of 84.2 this season.
Left Back - Andy Robertson
The addition of the Scottish international will see an all Liverpool defensive line-up. The all Liverpool defensive line-up shows how much the Liverpool defence has improved since last season.
The 24-year old has once again been impressive this season with 2.4 tackles, 0.8 interceptions, 1.7 clearances and 0.1 blocks per match. The offensive side of the fullback has seen him making 2 assist already while making an average of 1.4 key passes and 0.4 shots per match.
Midfielders
Central Defensive Midfielder - Lucas Torreira
The man who is said to have brought the defensive stability to the Arsenal side. The former Sampdoria player has been quite impressive since his debut for Arsenal. The Uruguayan has been a key figure in the 11-match winning streak for Arsenal.
The first Arsenal player on the list, Torreira has averaged 1.8 tackles, 1.7 interceptions, 0.9 clearances and 0.2 blocks per match for the Gunners while in the attacking front the Uruguayan averages 0.3 shots, 0.2 key passes and an impressive 2.3 fouls drawn per match with an impressive successful pass percentage of 89.5.
Central Midfielder - James Milner
The central midfielder never ceases to amaze, the 32-year old former Manchester City man has gotten better and better each passing year. The 32-year old has once again been the main man in midfield keeping out new signings Naby Keita and Fabinho from the side.
The former England International has averaged 1.9 tackles, 1.2 interceptions, 0.8 clearance and 0.2 blocks per match on the defensive front. The offensive side of Milner has seen him scoring a goal while assisting 2 others. The midfielder averages 1 shot per game while maintaining a pass percentage of 86.7.
Central Midfielder - Mesut Ozil
With Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita and Matteo Guendozi all missing this fixture Mesut Ozil has been a clear and obvious addition to the team. The German has so far not shown his true attacking instincts but the glimpses of his true genius were very evident in their match against Leicester City.
The German will want to make a point against the Merseysiders as he aims to clear his name of being very poor in the big matches. The 2014 World Cup winner has so far scored 3 goals while making a single assist.
The offensive side of Ozil has seen him averaging 0.6 shots and 1.8 key passes per match while racking up 85.4% of successful passes.
Forwards
Left-wing - Sadio Mane
The Senegalese have been the main man Jurgen Klopp has turned to after last season Golden Boot winner, Mo Salah, started off his Premier League campaign poorly. The former Southampton man has been quite impressive taking on the scoring mantle from the Egyptian.
The winger has averaged 2.3 shots and 2 key passes per match while having already got 6 goals to his name. The defensive side of the winger has been equally good with 26-year old averaging 1.1 tackles, 0.7 interceptions and 0.3 clearances per match.
Striker - Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
The Gabon born has finally got rid of his goal scoring shackles that saw the striker failing to score in his opening few matches. The striker has also seen himself blossoming in the new winger role that has been given to him by the new Arsenal manager, Unai Emery.
The 29-year old averages 1.9 shots and 0.9 key passes per match at a poor pass percentage of 75.5. The former Dortmund man is league's leading scorer along with Manchester City' Sergio Aguero with both of them having 7 goals to their name.
Right wing - Mohamed Salah
The goals have been hard to come by this season for the 2017/18 Golden Boot winner Mo Salah. The Egyptian though seems to have finally gotten back his goalscoring touch after having scored a goal each in the previous 3 matches for Liverpool.
The 26-year old has so far got 5 goals to his name while also making 3 assists. The winger has averaged an impressive 4 shots and 2 key passes per match. The defensive side too has been quite good for him having averaged 0.7 tackle, 0.3 interception and 0.1 clearances per match.
All Statistics via WhoScored.com
