Liverpool Morning Round-Up, Sunday 1st November 2026: Reds Prepare for Huge Anfield Showdown with Arsenal
Good morning Reds! All eyes this morning are on Anfield, where Liverpool host Arsenal this afternoon in a Premier League clash that could see the gap at the top close significantly. Liverpool.com reckons the Reds have a genuine advantage over the Gunners and believe Andoni Iraola can prove Mikel Arteta wrong this weekend (Liverpool.com). The Liverpool Echo adds that both sides are dealing with injury concerns, with as many as 13 or 14 players potentially missing from the two squads combined (Liverpool Echo) (Liverpool.com). This Is Anfield has the full rundown of injuries, suspensions and the available squad for the big game (This Is Anfield), while the Echo also looks at the predicted line-ups, including calls to be made on Trey Nyoni and Milos Kerkez (Liverpool Echo).
On the goalscoring front, the Echo reports that Alexander Isak is finding his feet in a Liverpool shirt, having netted six goals in his first seven Premier League appearances this season, with Rayo boss Andoni Iraola also sending out a title warning (Liverpool Echo).
In transfer chatter, Liverpool.com rounds up the latest, including talk of a possible Alexis Mac Allister swap deal and progress on a move for Ronald Araujo (Liverpool.com). TeamTalk reports that Mac Allister himself has dropped hints about changes behind the scenes at Liverpool, which could influence whether he stays at Anfield or moves to Real Madrid (TeamTalk). Elsewhere, Liverpool.com suggests Federico Chiesa, currently down the pecking order, may only have one sensible option come January according to a bold new claim (Liverpool.com).
On the Arsenal theme, the Echo notes Bradley Barcola left the Gunners confused after choosing Liverpool over them in the summer, and could now have the chance to make them pay (Liverpool Echo), while another Echo piece recalls a player who was "100 per cent" set to join Liverpool before the move collapsed and he ended up at a Premier League rival instead (Liverpool Echo).
Finally, a bit of fun from the archives: the Echo recalls an ex-Liverpool player's bizarre contract clause that cost his club £10k every time he played over 20 minutes (Liverpool Echo), while Liverpool.com revisits Gary Neville's summer prediction that Manchester United would finish above Liverpool this season - a claim that's aged badly so far (Liverpool.com).
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