Arsenal against Liverpool

It's become a bit stop-start in injury time. Liverpool don't look like finding an equaliser at the moment.

Gallas clears the danger as Liverpool move down the left flank.

Four minutes' added time.

Both sides will also be pleased to know that Spurs are currently trailing Wolves 1-0.

Everton are now 2-1 up against Chelsea.

Eboue comes close to breaking through before it comes to Rosicky on the left, but he puts in a wasteful cross.

Maxi puts his cross straight out for a goal kick. Time's running out for the visitors.

Gerrard's corner clears everyone in the centre. It eventually comes back in for Maxi, but his shot on the turn lacks power.

Kuyt wins a corner off Clichy.

Babel heads Gerrard's corner into Almunia's hands.

Babel sees a stunning long-range effort tipped onto the bar! Great effort and a great save.

Degen picks up a great pass from Gerrard on the right wing but does something similar to Eboue a couple of minutes ago.

Fabregas takes on am ambitious volley. It's wide, but not a bad effort considering.

Eboue deftly sells Insua the dummy before standing on the ball.

Gerrard sends a deep free-kick into the area but it's cleared and Kuyt is then ruled offside.

Sagna comes on for Bendtner as Wenger looks to hold onto what he's got.

Gerrard takes a free-kick from out on the left and Almunia just gets it clear with an unconvicing punch.

Insua crosses into the area but the header is weak. Not quite happening for Liverpool at the moment.

Babel replaces Lucas.

Diaby tries to smash home a second from the edge of the box as the corner is cleared, but it's well off target.

Rosicky wins a corner from Skrtel.

Gerrard goes down in the box as Liverpool try to put a move together, but it's more of a look to the ref than a genuine appeal.

Eboue's getting some treatment on the sidelines.

Kuyt crosses from inside the area but it's headed clear. Eboue is down injured.

It's all on Liverpool now. Will we see Riera and Babel?

Rosicky plays a sublime cross in for Diaby to head home after Bendtner's lay-off.

GOAL FOR ARSENAL!

The spark has disappeared again for the time being.

The Liverpool corner goes straight out of play before coming back in again. Goal kick.

Strange one - Arshavin's gone off for Walcott.

Insua crosses from the left and it comes to Kuyt, whose cross is deflected but then cleared by Song before going out for a corner. A corner's given though.

Still 1-1 in both the Villa-United and Everton-Chelsea games.

Rosicky fires just over the bar from the edge of the area after Arshavin miscontrolled a cross.

Bendtner is booked for diving as he goes down under minimal contact from Agger on the edge of the area. That was quite a close call and Bendtner could have won a pen if he'd moved left rather than right there - Agger's leg was out.

Carragher had a tightness in his groin apparently.

Fabregas curls it into the box but it's easily headed clear.

Degen picks up a yellow for hauling down Arshavin after a good turn.

Arsenal win a bit of respite now as Rosicky is felled by Skrtel.

Bendtner clears the corner.

Maxi wins another corner.

Gerrard's corner fails to clear the first man.

Gallas heads the free-kick out for a corner.

Mascherano is fouled by Diaby. Liverpool have managed to hold onto possession in the Arsenal half a bit in the last couple of minutes.

Arshavin concedes a free-kick in the centre circle on Lucas and the crowd roars in frustration. It's really livened up now.

Another glorious chance for Arsenal! Bendtner gets a lucky bounce as he plays a pass moving into the area but his shot is stopped by Reina with a little help from his defender.

Degen comes on for Carragher, possibly as a result of the bleeding mouth thing.

Those two chances were by far the best of the game, but both attackers showed a lack of composure. Ngog should have hit his shot earlier, while Rosicky's was just awful.

Rosicky looks to have a golden chance at the other end but miscontrols and it's a simple stop for Reina!

Ngog looks to be clean through in the area but Gallas gets back brilliantly to deny him!

Rosicky breaks away but puts it straight out for a throw. Still, much better start to this half for both teams.

Carragher's free-kick is cleared by Diaby.

Clichy concedes a free-kick on Ngog and Liverpool will now float one in.

Lucas fires just over the bar as he bursts into the area. It was a good effort from a fairly difficult angle.

Arshavin makes a bit of space and tries an ultra-ambitious shot from a very tight angle. It's just wide - a decent enough effort but probably wasteful really.

He does, and Lucas heads away easily.

Mascherano brings down Song as he moves up the pitch. Fabregas will look to float this into the box.

Eboue puts in an early cross but Mascherano heads clear.

Liverpool get the second half underway.

The teams are back out again on a bitterly cold night. Chelsea, by the way, are 1-1 against Everton and Cech just saved a Saha penalty.

It's half-time. Not much of note in the first 45 minutes. Liverpool will no doubt be happy with that but Arsenal will not.

Fabregas looks to spring a surprise by chipping it over the top for Bendtner when Arshavin was free, but he doesn't pull it off.

Two minutes of added time.

Fabregas gets a shot on target from distance after escaping the close attentions of a number of Liverpool players, but it's not troubling Reina by any stretch.

Liverpool have been spending quite some time down the left flank, repeatedly taking throw-ins, getting tackled, getting another throw-in. It's been quite tedious here so far.

Carragher clears the deep free-kick into the box.

Carragher is bleeding from the lip and has had to change his shirt as a result of the blood.

Eboue goes down under a high boot from Maxi and the Liverpool man gets a yellow.

Clichy bundles Gerrard over just inside the Liverpool half as he was looking to break away, so gets a yellow card.

Skrtel cuts out a Diaby through-ball as Arsenal go back on the attack.

Insua puts a cross in from the left. Arshavin tracks back but is muscled out by Carragher.

Gerrard looks to find Lucas in the area but just gets too much power on it and not enough direction, leaving Almunia to make the save.

Nasri comes off for Rosicky. Nasri seemed fine there, so the change is slightly surprising.

Nasri steals possession from Insua in a dangerous position, then wastes it and allows Insua to get back in and find Lucas. Lucas then passes to Arshavin, who fires over from distance.

Clichy does brilliantly down the left and Fabregas flicks the ball into the area. Reina gets himself a little lost but Bendtner can't take advantage.

Almunia punches the corner clear. Maxi was claiming for a penalty for handball earlier, incidentally, but it would have been very harsh.

The ball comes in over the top and Maxi gets a shot away on the edge of the area. It deflects over for a corner.

Liverpool are managing to move the ball away from the danger zone now. Gerrard has a free-kick just inside the Arsenal half.

Keeping you up-to-date with United, it's still 1-1 but Nani's now been sent off.

Fabregas sends a ball over for Gallas and that could have been the opener, but the defender had just strayed offside.

Reina comes out to make the punch and Nasri tries to fire it straight back in, but his shot is blocked.

Arsenal have a free-kick out on the left and Fabregas gets ready to put it into the area.

Bendtner goes clear through on goal. It's a tricky angle, but he should be getting that shot on target.

Things are picking up now and they're racing back and forth on the counter, but there's still a lack of quality in the final ball for both teams.

Fabregas sends in the corner but it's cleared.

Arshavin finds Nasri on the right and he cuts the ball across goal, but Skrtel is there to clear for a corner.

Insua breaks away on the counter for Liverpool before handing back possession. Arsenal then hand it back. It's not a vintage night for either side, but Liverpool will be happy enough.

Maxi gets in a shot from the edge of the area. It quite possibly left the stadium.

United are now level against Villa. Still nothing much going on at the Emirates.

Eboue puts in an awful cross from a fairly good position. We'll put it down to a bobble.

Clichy sends a long, aimless ball in Reina's direction. More interesting news elsewhere: Villa are a goal up against United.

Nasri's back on the pitch, looking a bit groggy.

Ngog gets in a shot, but it's very, very tame.

Concussion for Nasri apparently from earlier in the game. Could be a change for Arsenal.

Nasri's down now, but he should be okay.

Lucas is down after a clash with Arshavin. The Russian seemed to go in late on his ankle.

Maxi and Ngog both look to burst through into the Arsenal area but come up against good blocks.

An Arsenal attack breaks down after it goes out on the right to Eboue, but they strung a few passes together there.

The free-kick hits the wall. Disappointing.

Fabregas wins a free-kick from Skrtel in a dangerous position just outside the area.

Bendtner tries to hook a high pass out to the right wing for Nasri, but Agger cuts it out. Nothing doing really as yet in this game.

Arshavin finds Fabregas, who looks for a first-time pass out on the left wing, but it's a little sloppy and Liverpool cut it out.

Vermaelen nearly finds himself in trouble before Kuyt sends over a high cross, which Almunia gathers easily.

Fabregas finds Gallas ahead of the penalty spot, but he heads over! Poor effort from the defender, who really should have worked the keeper at the least.

Eboue wins a free-kick from Maxi down the right wing.

Gerrard's free-kick goes all the way through before bouncing off Song for Almunia to catch. There were bodies in there and that could have been a goal.

Vermaelen concedes a free-kick as he knocks Maxi down out on the right wing. Liverpool will whip one in.

Almunia gets the chance to get his gloves on the ball as it rolls through into the Arsenal area.

A quiet start, with a few sloppy passes and Liverpool having more of the possession.

Arsenal get the match underway!

The teams are out on the pitch and ready to kick off.

Howard Webb will be the man in charge tonight.

For those wondering about the whereabouts of Aquilani, incidentally: he's got a stomach bug, apparently.

Fun fact: neither of the players who scored in this fixture last season are in the squads tonight. Robin van Persie opened the scoring and Robbie Keane smashed in the equaliser.

It was 2-1 to Arsenal when the sides met at Anfield this season as the Gunners came from behind, and that fixture the previous season was the 4-4 thriller.

Walcott and Babel are the closest the sides have to offer in terms of striking options from the bench, which will be a cause for concern if either side falls behind.

Liverpool have academy products Jay Spearing and Martin Kelly on the bench along with Aurelio, Riera, Babel and Degen.

Arsenal have defensive options on the bench with Campbell, Traore and Sagna, while Denilson, Rosicky and Walcott provide options further up the field.

So, Arsenal will be relying on Bendtner for goals while Ngog is the main man for Liverpool, but the likes of Fabregas, Arshavin, Gerrard and Kuyt are just as - if not more - likely to get among the goals tonight.

Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Insua, Kuyt, Lucas, Mascherano, Rodríguez, Gerrard, Ngog.

Arsenal: Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song, Diaby, Fabregas, Nasri, Bendtner, Arshavin.

It's an absolutely massive match in terms of the confidence of the two sides. Arsenal have taken one point from their last three games and desperately need a confidence boost, while Liverpool have finally put together a run of results and don't want to lose momentum now.

Hello and welcome to the live commentary for tonight's big clash between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium.

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Sagna comes on for Bendtner as Wenger looks to hold onto what he's got.

Gerrard takes a free-kick from out on the left and Almunia just gets it clear with an unconvicing punch.

Insua crosses into the area but the header is weak. Not quite happening for Liverpool at the moment.

Babel replaces Lucas.

Diaby tries to smash home a second from the edge of the box as the corner is cleared, but it's well off target.

Rosicky wins a corner from Skrtel.

Gerrard goes down in the box as Liverpool try to put a move together, but it's more of a look to the ref than a genuine appeal.

Eboue's getting some treatment on the sidelines.

Kuyt crosses from inside the area but it's headed clear. Eboue is down injured.

It's all on Liverpool now. Will we see Riera and Babel?

Rosicky plays a sublime cross in for Diaby to head home after Bendtner's lay-off.

GOAL FOR ARSENAL!

The spark has disappeared again for the time being.

The Liverpool corner goes straight out of play before coming back in again. Goal kick.

Strange one - Arshavin's gone off for Walcott.

Insua crosses from the left and it comes to Kuyt, whose cross is deflected but then cleared by Song before going out for a corner. A corner's given though.

Still 1-1 in both the Villa-United and Everton-Chelsea games.

Rosicky fires just over the bar from the edge of the area after Arshavin miscontrolled a cross.

Bendtner is booked for diving as he goes down under minimal contact from Agger on the edge of the area. That was quite a close call and Bendtner could have won a pen if he'd moved left rather than right there - Agger's leg was out.

Carragher had a tightness in his groin apparently.

Fabregas curls it into the box but it's easily headed clear.

Degen picks up a yellow for hauling down Arshavin after a good turn.

Arsenal win a bit of respite now as Rosicky is felled by Skrtel.

Bendtner clears the corner.

Maxi wins another corner.

Gerrard's corner fails to clear the first man.

Gallas heads the free-kick out for a corner.

Mascherano is fouled by Diaby. Liverpool have managed to hold onto possession in the Arsenal half a bit in the last couple of minutes.

Arshavin concedes a free-kick in the centre circle on Lucas and the crowd roars in frustration. It's really livened up now.

Another glorious chance for Arsenal! Bendtner gets a lucky bounce as he plays a pass moving into the area but his shot is stopped by Reina with a little help from his defender.

Degen comes on for Carragher, possibly as a result of the bleeding mouth thing.

Those two chances were by far the best of the game, but both attackers showed a lack of composure. Ngog should have hit his shot earlier, while Rosicky's was just awful.

Rosicky looks to have a golden chance at the other end but miscontrols and it's a simple stop for Reina!

Ngog looks to be clean through in the area but Gallas gets back brilliantly to deny him!

Rosicky breaks away but puts it straight out for a throw. Still, much better start to this half for both teams.

Carragher's free-kick is cleared by Diaby.

Clichy concedes a free-kick on Ngog and Liverpool will now float one in.

Lucas fires just over the bar as he bursts into the area. It was a good effort from a fairly difficult angle.

Arshavin makes a bit of space and tries an ultra-ambitious shot from a very tight angle. It's just wide - a decent enough effort but probably wasteful really.

He does, and Lucas heads away easily.

Mascherano brings down Song as he moves up the pitch. Fabregas will look to float this into the box.

Eboue puts in an early cross but Mascherano heads clear.

Liverpool get the second half underway.

The teams are back out again on a bitterly cold night. Chelsea, by the way, are 1-1 against Everton and Cech just saved a Saha penalty.

It's half-time. Not much of note in the first 45 minutes. Liverpool will no doubt be happy with that but Arsenal will not.

Fabregas looks to spring a surprise by chipping it over the top for Bendtner when Arshavin was free, but he doesn't pull it off.

Two minutes of added time.

Fabregas gets a shot on target from distance after escaping the close attentions of a number of Liverpool players, but it's not troubling Reina by any stretch.

Liverpool have been spending quite some time down the left flank, repeatedly taking throw-ins, getting tackled, getting another throw-in. It's been quite tedious here so far.

Carragher clears the deep free-kick into the box.

Carragher is bleeding from the lip and has had to change his shirt as a result of the blood.

Eboue goes down under a high boot from Maxi and the Liverpool man gets a yellow.

Clichy bundles Gerrard over just inside the Liverpool half as he was looking to break away, so gets a yellow card.

Skrtel cuts out a Diaby through-ball as Arsenal go back on the attack.

Insua puts a cross in from the left. Arshavin tracks back but is muscled out by Carragher.

Gerrard looks to find Lucas in the area but just gets too much power on it and not enough direction, leaving Almunia to make the save.

Nasri comes off for Rosicky. Nasri seemed fine there, so the change is slightly surprising.

Nasri steals possession from Insua in a dangerous position, then wastes it and allows Insua to get back in and find Lucas. Lucas then passes to Arshavin, who fires over from distance.

Clichy does brilliantly down the left and Fabregas flicks the ball into the area. Reina gets himself a little lost but Bendtner can't take advantage.

Almunia punches the corner clear. Maxi was claiming for a penalty for handball earlier, incidentally, but it would have been very harsh.

The ball comes in over the top and Maxi gets a shot away on the edge of the area. It deflects over for a corner.

Liverpool are managing to move the ball away from the danger zone now. Gerrard has a free-kick just inside the Arsenal half.

Keeping you up-to-date with United, it's still 1-1 but Nani's now been sent off.

Fabregas sends a ball over for Gallas and that could have been the opener, but the defender had just strayed offside.

Reina comes out to make the punch and Nasri tries to fire it straight back in, but his shot is blocked.

Arsenal have a free-kick out on the left and Fabregas gets ready to put it into the area.

Bendtner goes clear through on goal. It's a tricky angle, but he should be getting that shot on target.

Things are picking up now and they're racing back and forth on the counter, but there's still a lack of quality in the final ball for both teams.

Fabregas sends in the corner but it's cleared.

Arshavin finds Nasri on the right and he cuts the ball across goal, but Skrtel is there to clear for a corner.

Insua breaks away on the counter for Liverpool before handing back possession. Arsenal then hand it back. It's not a vintage night for either side, but Liverpool will be happy enough.

Maxi gets in a shot from the edge of the area. It quite possibly left the stadium.

United are now level against Villa. Still nothing much going on at the Emirates.

Eboue puts in an awful cross from a fairly good position. We'll put it down to a bobble.

Clichy sends a long, aimless ball in Reina's direction. More interesting news elsewhere: Villa are a goal up against United.

Nasri's back on the pitch, looking a bit groggy.

Ngog gets in a shot, but it's very, very tame.

Concussion for Nasri apparently from earlier in the game. Could be a change for Arsenal.

Nasri's down now, but he should be okay.

Lucas is down after a clash with Arshavin. The Russian seemed to go in late on his ankle.

Maxi and Ngog both look to burst through into the Arsenal area but come up against good blocks.

An Arsenal attack breaks down after it goes out on the right to Eboue, but they strung a few passes together there.

The free-kick hits the wall. Disappointing.

Fabregas wins a free-kick from Skrtel in a dangerous position just outside the area.

Bendtner tries to hook a high pass out to the right wing for Nasri, but Agger cuts it out. Nothing doing really as yet in this game.

Arshavin finds Fabregas, who looks for a first-time pass out on the left wing, but it's a little sloppy and Liverpool cut it out.

Vermaelen nearly finds himself in trouble before Kuyt sends over a high cross, which Almunia gathers easily.

Fabregas finds Gallas ahead of the penalty spot, but he heads over! Poor effort from the defender, who really should have worked the keeper at the least.

Eboue wins a free-kick from Maxi down the right wing.

Gerrard's free-kick goes all the way through before bouncing off Song for Almunia to catch. There were bodies in there and that could have been a goal.

Vermaelen concedes a free-kick as he knocks Maxi down out on the right wing. Liverpool will whip one in.

Almunia gets the chance to get his gloves on the ball as it rolls through into the Arsenal area.

A quiet start, with a few sloppy passes and Liverpool having more of the possession.

Arsenal get the match underway!

The teams are out on the pitch and ready to kick off.

Howard Webb will be the man in charge tonight.

For those wondering about the whereabouts of Aquilani, incidentally: he's got a stomach bug, apparently.

Fun fact: neither of the players who scored in this fixture last season are in the squads tonight. Robin van Persie opened the scoring and Robbie Keane smashed in the equaliser.

It was 2-1 to Arsenal when the sides met at Anfield this season as the Gunners came from behind, and that fixture the previous season was the 4-4 thriller.

Walcott and Babel are the closest the sides have to offer in terms of striking options from the bench, which will be a cause for concern if either side falls behind.

Liverpool have academy products Jay Spearing and Martin Kelly on the bench along with Aurelio, Riera, Babel and Degen.

Arsenal have defensive options on the bench with Campbell, Traore and Sagna, while Denilson, Rosicky and Walcott provide options further up the field.

So, Arsenal will be relying on Bendtner for goals while Ngog is the main man for Liverpool, but the likes of Fabregas, Arshavin, Gerrard and Kuyt are just as - if not more - likely to get among the goals tonight.

Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Insua, Kuyt, Lucas, Mascherano, Rodríguez, Gerrard, Ngog.

Arsenal: Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song, Diaby, Fabregas, Nasri, Bendtner, Arshavin.

It's an absolutely massive match in terms of the confidence of the two sides. Arsenal have taken one point from their last three games and desperately need a confidence boost, while Liverpool have finally put together a run of results and don't want to lose momentum now.

Hello and welcome to the live commentary for tonight's big clash between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium.

Join us at 19.30 UK to see if Arsenal can arrest their slump against Liverpool.