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Arsenal news: Charlie Nicholas tells Unai Emery FOUR players he must start vs Liverpool
ARSENAL hero Charlie Nicholas has named four players he thinks Unai Emery must start against Liverpool this evening.
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Arsenal visit Anfield as huge underdogs with Liverpool unbeaten after the first 19 games of the season.
The Gunners are 13 points adrift of the league leaders in fifth and have not won an away league game in over a month.
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Emery has constantly rung the changes in recent weeks as he looks for his best formula.
Mesut Ozil looks set to miss today’s match with a knee injury picked up in the 1-1 draw with Brighton.
I’d probably want midfield runners like Ramsey and Iwobi
Nicholas wants to see Emery persist with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette in attack.
He would also like to see Alex Iwobi start and Aaron Ramsey, who has not begun a Premier League match since September.
“If I’m going for it I want Lacazette up front and Aubameyang supporting him,” Nicholas said on Sky Sports.
“I’d probably want midfield runners like Ramsey and Iwobi.
“That would be the front four if I was going for it.”
Arsenal’s defence has been ravaged defensively of late due to injury and suspension.
Shkodran Mustafi looks set to return from his hamstring problem today but Hector Bellerin remains sidelined.
And Nicholas doubts Emery has faith in his defenders and also goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
“I just feel the manager now is getting tested,” he continued.
“Who does he trust defensively?
“Even the goalkeeper is making errors who looked good four weeks ago.”