HEATED FACE OFF! Can Arsenal FINALLY Conquer Anfield! | FJ vs Robbie | Liverpool vs Arsenal

Arsenal fans in North America, AFTV is coming to you. We're heading to Toronto, LA, New York and Las Vegas. So sign up now to be first in line for tickets. Can't wait. Am I lying? Am I lying? At Anfield, you were getting peppered. You were hanging on for the rest of that game. Well done, you got two early goals. Thank you. Which set the tone. Thank you. But that was your first win at Anfield this season. So you're carrying on and you're talking like you've won every single game at Anfield. You're talking like you've been blistering this season. You haven't missed a record. A wise man once told me, when delusion stops and reality meets delusion, that's when you're going to realise what the team... So I'm being deluded? No, why would I say that? Why would I say that? You're forgetting the champions are rolling into town, bro. The champions. One game in the league and we've won all the others. But that's more than the amount of goals that Yorke has scored in the Premier League this season. Isn't that worrying? Maybe he scored it this weekend. Oh, Yorke! Against Van Dijk, Xhaka, Rujo, Gravenberch in front of them, Nyoni might play, McAllister. Play Louis Skelly, Adam! Why? Marv's Louis Skelly, what's wrong with him? What are the wrong rings around him? He's better than your midfielders. Better than who? Better than Gravenberch this season. Miles Lewis-Skelly has been better than Gravenberch this season. What? Of course he has. What? What are you talking about? At training or what? What are you talking about? In games, Lewis Skelly has been better than Gravenberch this season. Lewis Skelly? Gravenberch. All Lewis Skelly does is hold L2 or look after the ball and play over. You're thinking about the Gravenberch when you won the league. Last year Gravenberch didn't turn up. This season he's been average and he got sent off the... This season he's been average? Hi and welcome along to AFTV. We are here for the big face-off. It is Liverpool versus the Arsenal this Sunday at Anfield and we've got FJ in the building. Thank you very much, thank you very much. This week's Sunday, the champions roll into town. It feels so, so bad. It feels weird hearing that. What do you mean weird? It feels weird hearing that. Let me give it to you again. The champions are coming to town. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to be a good weekend, you know. It's going to be a good Sunday. I've never heard... Arsenal as a champion coming to Anfield, I've never heard that in a long, long... How many years has it been now? So long now. But anyway, it doesn't matter if you're champions, you know? You're as good as your last game. You're as good as your last away game. Where was your last away game? In the league. League? Oh, any other competitions? What was your last away game? You're on about the Fleetwood game? Oh! Last away game we won. Oh. Beat Forest. Okay. They beat... They got... Didn't they beat you? Nah, they didn't beat you. There's a draw, innit? They got a draw at Anfield. Oh, so you didn't beat them? No, no, no. So before you start dishing Forest and dishing that result, you didn't beat Forest. No, no, no. And that was at Anfield. Yeah, they came at Anfield, but they were free. And we were away. At Forest, we beat them 1-0. Yeah, but the referee, we should have won that game. The referee gave them a penalty, it shouldn't have been a penalty. But anyway, that's a different game now. Ever since that result, this Liverpool team has been different now. This is a different Liverpool team. Different Slot team. Defensively stronger. Attackingly, we might have had the best attack in the whole Premier League. So I know you are worried and I know defensively your team is worried as well. But what's going to happen? We've got a brilliant defence. Yeah, yeah, okay, cool. I can't argue about that. I can't argue about that. You've got the best defence in the Premier League. Last season, we took four points off you last season. Yeah, you won the league last season. That's cool. We took four points off you last season. It should have been six. Okay, remember, we came Emirates with no striker, no nothing. And we hit a crossbar, had more chances. We should have took that game as well. But it's all right. This season, I'm expecting Liverpool to take the full six points home and away. You're having a laugh. Why? We're going to start this Sunday. You're having a laugh. Honestly, this Sunday is going to be the easiest game. You're carrying on like you've been some brilliant team this season. Have you seen? Did you see what we've done to Brighton? Huh? Did you see what we've done to Brighton? You beat Brighton 2-0. You got two early goals. No, no, no. We didn't beat Brighton 2-0. And then after that, they were peppering you. Yeah. They were peppering. Am I lying? But that's four. Am I lying? At Anfield, you were getting peppered. You were hanging on for the rest of that game. Well done. You got two early goals. Thank you. Which set the tone. Thank you. Right. But that was your first win at Anfield this season. So you're carrying on and you're talking like you've won every single game at Anfield. You're talking like you've been blistering this season. You haven't been. We'll still be. You haven't been. We'll still be. We've only lost one game this season, right? And that was away to Brighton. We'll just go. We've only 3-0. Oh wow. Right? But we've gone away to tough places this season. A couple of weeks ago it was away in Bayern. Didn't lose there. Why should we be scared to go to Liverpool? Listen, we haven't got a great record at Liverpool. We haven't won there since 2012. So why are you so confident? I'm not saying I'm overconfident, but I'm saying that I expect from Arsenal, and I think we will see a reaction to going out against Fleetwood Town. And at the end of the day, it will be a lot different, the team that played against Fleetwood Town. It will be different. Gabriel will be back in. Wow. Conte will be back in. Wow. Right? You'll have... That's it. Everyone else was there. Declan Rice will be back in. Controlling that midfield. What, against Gravenberch? What's Gravenberch done? He didn't look too good during the week. Didn't he get sent off the other day as well? Yeah, he had a howler. Gave a penalty away. Yeah, he gave a penalty away, yeah. So he's not been having the greatest season. Yeah, he didn't learn from his mistakes, just like your team didn't learn from their mistakes in the penalty shootout against PSG. Yeah, but this week's not a penalty shootout, my friend. This week... It's the league, the Premier League is back, yeah? So you went to Highbury, you went to Highbury a couple of days ago, got kicked out, and now you're confident to come to Anfield? Why not? Fair play to Fleetwood Town, but we all know that that's a different game. That is a lot different to the Premier League, right? And I'm not making any excuses for that, it was a bad defeat. Right? But this will be a completely different game, right? Are you sure? And we know it will be a completely different game. Number one, I don't expect us to, you know, have 26 shots at Anfield, but… This team, Arsenal, we know what we do. We go away from home, we control games, right? And we get results. Okay. It's a funny thing now that... We've only lost one game this season in the Premier League. We've won all our others. Us too. We're above you. We've only lost one game. We've only lost one game. Yeah, but you've drawn loads of games. We lost to them cheaters. Yeah? We lost to them cheaters. You lost 3-0 at home. Should that have been a red card? Should that have been a red card? That's another conversation. You lost 3-0 at home. But at the end of the day, this little putty is complete. Against City, you lost 3-0. Yeah, because them cheaters should have been a red card. But anyway, it's a totally different game. Before that red... They run up on you. Before that red card, we dominated that whole game. But the difference is... He didn't dominate. It's a different game now, you know? He didn't dominate. It was an even game before the red. A wise man once told me, when delusion stops and reality meets delusion, that's when you're going to realise... So I'm being deluded? Why would I say that? Why would I say that? You're forgetting the champions are rolling into town, bro. Do you? The champions. I keep telling you that because it's like you don't want to admit that. You don't want to face that. It's facts. It's a different team coming. And even last year when you beat us. Let's be real. Did we beat you last year? You beat us, yeah. Szoboszlai. Szoboszlai with a screamer. Thank you. That's the only thing you did in the game. Oh, wow. It was a very, very even game. Am I being honest with you? I don't think. Yes, it was. I don't know about even game. It was a very, very even game. And then Szoboszlai hit a wonder goal. Right? That was the only thing that separated us in that game. And we took three points. You took three points. And we are going to do the same thing again this Sunday. No, but the way you're talking, like you're going to run up all over us. This is, no, no. Honestly, this is going to be a friendly. This game is a friendly. Friendly. How can, what? Last season, let me, okay, do you agree with this? Is your team this season worse than last season? No. So your team this season is better than last season? This is just as good as it was last season. No way, you can't, you know it can't. It's too early to say that. I know this, I can see it already. Because your team last season, It's better than this season. We've got a brilliant squad. No, I'd say our team this season is better. I'd say our attack has been slightly weakened. Slightly. Right? Hold on. Slightly weakened because we didn't replace Martinelli. Right? And? But, but, I have to say, right, Eze. You know, against Bayern, he was brilliant. Eze. Oh. Eberechi Eze. Carry on, he'll score against you. I'm going to sleep. Carry on. Carry on. Eze's my evil brother. He's my evil brother. And Madueke. They're not going to do nothing this weekend. So you look at our goalkeeper, best goalkeeper in the league right now. After Alisson. No, no, he's better than Alisson right now. Alisson was the best keeper in this Premier League for many years, but at this moment, I can see from your eyes, you know it's rare. He's won the Golden Glove three years in a row. Right? Best goalkeeper in the league, right? We've got the best back four in the centre. We're going to be doing another show, Combined XI. Our midfield is better than yours, right? You know that, right? Then we move to the attack. Yes, you've got a great attack. Your attack is what's been carrying you guys. The best in the league. I don't know about the best in the league, but it's a good attack. It's a really good attack. But... We've not really seen that attack firing in the big, big games. In the big, big games? Did you see what we've done to Brighton? Did you see what we've done to Brentford? Did you see what we've done to Bournemouth? I wouldn't say those are the big, big games. Oh, come on. These are away games. These are difficult away games. The big, big games? These are difficult away games. All these games count. They're difficult away games. What I would say with you guys is that you picked up, right? But also, as I say, we've only lost one game this season. Since we come out from the international break, we've won two in a row. We're joint top of the league. We've got to come there with a lot of confidence. We've put that Fleetwood behind us and we've come there with a bit of confidence. You've lost one game. That's more... One game in the league and we've won all the others. But that's more than the amount of goals that Yorke has scored in the Premier League this season. Isn't that worrying? Maybe he scored it this weekend. No, Yorke is Against Van Dijk, Xhaka, Arujo, Gravenberch, in front of them, Nyoni might play, McAllister. Then Wirtz, don't let Wirtz play. What about our defence? What about our defence? Konsa. Konsa is in the mud this Sunday. This Sunday. Konsa. This is Isak. Yeah? This is Isak. Big Gabi. Yeah? Umi and Timber. Oh. Calafiori. Play them. Play them. They will play. Timber. Timber against Gakpo. He's in trouble. Timber knows about Gakpo. Timber knows about Gakpo. So you can't lock him down. He's the best right back in the league. Who? Timber. I don't know about that. I don't know about that. I don't... Ha, ha, ha, ha. My guy has three points injured. My guy has three points injured. Yeah, you might as well play. No. How easy. No, OK, good. Right back. Kirk is. Kirk is... Oh, and that's a key match-up. For me, personally, that's a key match-up because I don't know what... Me personally, I would like Iraola to play a high line. There's no pace. High line? What? There's no pace in that forward line for Arsenal. That's a myth. Eze got no pace. Havertz, no pace. Madueke's got pace. And if Yoku is playing, he's got pace in there. And the way we play... Yoku is running on sand. I'm not scared about him. Is he here? I'm not scared about him. The way we play, we control games. We control the game. You're not watching enough of Arsenal. That's how we play. We control the game. Right? So we, you know, listen, it's a very interesting game. We haven't won there for a long time. I want to see a reaction from Arsenal. And I think we will see a reaction. A lot of people thinking and assuming that just because what happened during the week against Fleetwood, that Arsenal are down and out and they're going to come to Anfield and it's going to be an easy win for Liverpool. You, that friendly. You're going to find out. This is a friendly. Do you know why it's a friendly? I can explain myself. Because recently Arsenal's performances haven't been as good as normal. You know that. I've only lost one game. OK, cool, you've only lost one game. No, we haven't lost in the Champions League. We've only lost one game in the Premier League. We've only lost one game as well. Yeah, but you draw a lot of games. Yeah, but we've only lost one game as well. We've been scraping it. Scrimping and scraping. But we've only lost one game. But at the end of the day, I expected Areola to do a masterclass. Tactical masterclass. Even when I look at it, right, even some of the games you've won. Even at Anfield, that Villarreal game, you were like 2-0 down. Then what happened after that? Don't dare be 2-0 down to us, bro. And don't let us get momentum. Don't dare be 2-0 down. Don't let the fans… If you're 2-0 down to us, you think you're coming back like what you did against Villarreal? Why not? And even then, you're talking about this great defence. You conceded a lot of goals. Yeah. Didn't you concede three goals against Villarreal? Yeah, but… At home. Yeah, but the top goal… Didn't you against Chelsea, you conceded… What was that, two? Yeah. Right? Didn't you… What did you play last week? Oh, yeah. Okay, okay, hold on. Brighton, was it a clean sheet? No, oh, talk about Brighton. Yeah, it was 2-0. No, no, no, but talk about Brighton. 2-0. Brighton are the highest goal-scoring... But they peppered you up. They were peppering you. They're the highest goal-scoring team in the league. All right, so it's a clean sheet. Still a clean sheet. But before that, you conceded two at home against Forest. How many points do you think? No, I'm just talking about you because you told me about his wonderful defence. Amazing. They've been conceding goals all season. Yeah, I know. But it's a teething... This is a teething... What was it? This is a teething moment. And I know... Come Madrid, you conceded. There's a teething moment. No, but how can you say this defence is so good? Because I've seen my defence grow. A great defence doesn't concede lots of goals. But a great defence, you have to start from the beginning, from somewhere, you've got to start from somewhere. Now, we're at our point. Our defence situation is way better than your attack situation. Hands down. No, it's not. Wait, what? Because we've been scoring goals. From who? We've been scoring goals. We've been scoring goals. What corners? What corners? We scored one corner this season. What, Konza and Gabriel? One corner. One corner. One corner we scored. And you know what? It doesn't matter how we score goals. As long as we win the games. It's worrying. It's worrying. Our attack, Suppose the attack comes into play this week. Who? We've got goals all over our pitch. Who? We've got goals all over the pitch. Bruno Guimaraes might rock up in the goal. Who's that? Who's that? Do you see what he's done? Who's that? So he missed a penalty for Brazil. You're going on about him. He missed a penalty for Brazil, then he... goes to Highbury, and he misses another penalty for Arsenal. Wait, do these guys learn from their mistakes? They don't learn from their mistakes. And you guys ain't learning from your mistakes. I'm talking about this week, right? It's not a cup game. I'm talking about this week. Bruno Guimaraes has also scored a couple of screamers already in this season. He's a guy who can pop up with a goal. Declan Rice can pop up with a goal. Our defenders can pop up with a goal. You can get goals from the attackers, Eze and guys like that. You're saying all these names, stop saying all these names like they're dangerous. Our goals get shared around more than how your goals, you know, but… Who's going to score all your goals? You're completely relying on Isak. No, we've got Wirtz there to support. He laughed at Wirtz. You see Wirtz here? The man's been here for nearly two years. Of course, one of the most expensive signings in the league. If not the most expensive signing. And he's turned up in two games. One deflected goal. No, he didn't even get that goal. Oh. He didn't even get that goal. I just remember he told you he didn't even score, Diva. No, but I don't mind that. I don't mind that. No, but you mind it on my guys. You're cutting off my guys and saying about my attack and why is this guy not scoring? But this guy costs £135 million. He ain't scored a goal yet. And he ain't done nothing. All I want... He has done stuff. What's he done? He has done stuff. What's he done? What's he done, what's he done? He's got assists and he's got a goal. What's he done? How many assists? He's got assists and a goal. He's got assists and a goal. What's he done? He's got assists and a goal. Have you been happy with him this season? Erm, he can be better, 100%. Have you been happy with him? Me? I like Wirtz. He can be better. No, he can do better. And I am happy with Wirtz. He can do better. But the only thing about it is that... Have you been happy with him overall? He can do better and I'm happy with him. The thing about it is that the G+A will come in later on. G.A. now? When it comes to my guys, you're telling me about goals and all them things. No, but as long as Wirtz is performing… You should be in G.T. As long as Wirtz is performing and influencing games, I'm more than happy. Has he got the physicality to deal with life? That Brighton game, he didn't score, but he was so influential. He's got the physicality to deal with your different races and people like… This is not boxing or UFC. Forget about the physicality. Football's a physical game. Yeah, it is a physical game. Declan Rice, Lewis Skelly in that midfield. Don't, don't play Lewis Skelly at Anfield. Why not? Do not play Lewis Skelly at Anfield. Why? Why play Lewis Skelly at Anfield? Why? Miles Lewis Skelly, what's wrong with him? We're going to run rings around him. He's better than your midfielders. Better than who? He's not better than McAllister. Better than Gravenberg this season. He's not Mac. He's better than Gravenberg. Myles Lewis Skelly has been better than Gravenberg this season. What? Of course he has. What? What are you talking about? Are you training or what? What are you talking about? In games, Myles Lewis Skelly has been better than Gravenberg this season. Lewis Skelly? Gravenberg. All Lewis Skelly does is hold the ball and play over. You're thinking about the Gravenberg when you won the league. Last year, Gravenberg didn't turn up. He didn't. This season, he's been average. And he got sent off the other way. This season, he's been average. And you know it. Your manager ain't even been playing him. Yeah, because he's been up and down for it. He's been better. Myles Lewis Skelly has been better than McAllister this season. No way. You see, you're stocked up. You know it's true. No way. He's been better than Gravenberg. He's been better than McAllister this season. Bring him to Anfield. And he's been better than Wirtz. He's been better than all three of those midfielders this season. What's he done? Nothing. He's been excellent for Arsenal. Oh, come on. He's been excellent for Arsenal. And but if If Miles Lewis-Skelly starts on Sunday, I'm more than happy with that. He's an excellent player. Alongside Declarens. We are going to run rings around that midfield. Nobody's run rings around Miles Lewis-Skelly this season. Please play. No one's run rings around him. You obviously haven't been watching him play. You haven't been watching Miles Lewis-Skelly, you could argue he's been our best midfielder this season, there's an argument to say that, he's been that good. And that's the problem, if Lewis-Skelly is our best midfielder, that's the problem. No, no, it's not because our midfield has been controlling games, that's what he's talking about, we're the best midfield in the league, we've got the best midfield in the league. You're saying who? We have. Got the best midfield? We've got the best midfield in the league. What, side-side passing, that's okay, you're dominating all these games, it's better than yours. They're better than your midfield. And this is the best place to showcase our talent. This game at Anfield, it's going to be a friendly. When we do take the three points, I'm telling you now, we're going to beat you guys. Alright, what's the score going to be? Should I give you guys a goal? How are you guys going to score? A header? Maybe. But obviously, I always think that the key match-up is going to be Madueke against Gakpo. That's going to be a vital match-up, 100%. On the other side, I don't think they're going to start. Araujo, Eze. Araujo's going to keep Eze in the pocket all day. And I think another vital match- Let's just chill him up. Eze? Mmm. Wait, are we talking about the same Eze? Yeah. You obviously hate me watching Arsenal. Oh my gosh. But okay, cool. Twist him up. Who? If Araujo goes one-on-one at Eze, he'll get twist up. I'll leave Eze and Araujo one-on-one every day. I love that match-up. Then obviously on the other side of the pitch, attackingly, Barcola against Kalafuri. Is Konaté fit? Kalafuri is wicked, man. Kalafuri? He'll be fit, yeah. Okay, cool. That's going to be a very, very key match-up. On the other side, there's going to be another key match-up. And I think... Timber. Timber against Gakpo. Key matchup. But the question is, can your centre-backs keep the best striker in the league quiet? Two best centre-backs. He's not the best striker in the league. Haaland's the best striker. He's overall the best striker in the league. Haaland's the best striker in the league. Haaland's the best goal scorer. Haaland's the best striker in the league. No, Haaland's the best. Haaland is the best striker. Haaland's the best goal scorer. And I'm not here to be defending them lot, but... I have to be truthful about it. Your guy's only just turned up. Who? After this? He's been here again. They broke his leg. They broke his leg. They broke his leg. You can't afford him for that. But now he's got... No, but he was back after the broken leg. He's been back from time. Okay, cool. This is his first full season with pre-season. He's ready. Six goals already. And he's 100% going to score on this Sunday. Easily. But I just want Wirtz to turn up. Yeah? Highline. Arsenal's got no pace. Just suffocate them. Suffocate them. Run them over the first 20 minutes. Tactical masterclass. We've got two early goals against Brighton. Brighton, come. Come break us down. They can't break us down. Counter-attack. We've got the pace for the counter-attack, but now it's just a decision-making in the final third. We've got that against Arsenal. We'll do well against Arsenal. So what's the score? 3-1. 3-1 Liverpool, 2-1 Arsenal. Why you do… You're going to break that hoodoo since 2012. The last couple of games at Anfield have been close. Last season it was a worldie by Szoboszlai. Is he playing? No, injured. Hey! Right, because I was about to revise your midfield and say he's the one guy in the midfield that I rate his quality, but he's not playing? Okay. I'm going 2-1 Arsenal. 2-1 Arsenal. Arsenal to bounce back after that Fleetwood game. Everyone's done the usual. They're doing the usual. Right Arsenal off after one defeat. Even you, when I said to you at the start of the show, the champions are coming to town, you got rattled because you were like, oh my God, they're the champions. You lot do this a lot. A lot of fans are doing this at the moment. They're forgetting how good we are. Was. Was. So it was. All right. We are joint top of the table. We're above you. So if we was, Why are we above you? If we do beat you at Anfield, are we title challengers? Yeah, I think you're title... Listen, it's too early to say who's going to... I said at the start of the season that I think the title challenge is going to be between Arsenal and City with Liverpool in and around it, right? But... And I said, with Liverpool, right, I stay consistent to it, I said they've got a very good side, but new manager, he's still got to learn and get his thing together. I think it'd probably be more next season. Next season? That you guys will be serious, serious, serious for the title because you've got a lot of new players, new manager, got to learn the system, but... If you beat us, yeah, of course you'd be, of course you'd be title challengers. If, if, I'm actually so confident. Well, it's if, the game ain't come yet, is it? I'm actually so confident. Well, you are, it's a friendly, isn't it? Is it 100%? We're going to win this game. I can't go to the shop. You'll be up there, isn't it? I can't go to the shop 12 times. I know you're at Anfield, isn't it? Yeah, I'll be there, and I'll be there for the fan cam, everything, free play, friendly. Don't run if you lose it. Friendly. Because you've done that before. You've done that before, people. I remember one time he was up there, he ran off. No, he was up. At the Emirates. At the Emirates, when we beat him, he ran. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. When I'm at Anfield, he always seems to find me. You're funny. You're funny. You're funny. Three points. But you know, don't run him. Don't run him, man. Isaac Barcola. What? Don't you dare. Oi! Don't you dare! Don't you dare! Loughlin, no way! Oi, big game. Arsenal fans in North America, AFTV is coming to you. We're heading to Toronto, LA, New York and Las Vegas. So sign up now to be first in line for tickets. Can't wait.