ILiverpool ne-Arsenal: ukujonga kwangaphambili umdlalo wePremier League

Ukoyiswa kweManchester City ngo-1-0 yiBrighton ekhaya ngoMgqibelo kuvulele i-Arsenal ithuba elicacileyo. Ii-Gunners zindwendwela iLiverpool ngeCawe, umhla woku-1 kuNovemba, ngo-18:30 (ixesha laseMzantsi Afrika) zilingana neCity ngamanqaku angama-21 kodwa zinomdlalo omnye ongekadlalwa – ukuba ziyaphumelela e-Anfield ziya kuba zodwa phezulu kwi-Premier League, zikhokela ngamanqaku amathathu. Ingxaki: i-Arsenal ayikaphumeleli mdlalo weligi e-Anfield ukusukela ngoSeptemba 2012.

Itheyibhile phambi komdlalo

Emva kokukhubeka kweCity, phezulu kwetheyibhile kujongeka ngolu hlobo phambi kweCawe (itheyibhile epheleleyo):

Indawo	Iqela	Idlalile	Amanqaku	Umahluko weenjongo
1	Manchester City	9	21	+10
2	Arsenal	8	21	+8
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	19	+17
4	Chelsea	9	16	+4
5	Liverpool	8	15	+3

Okuya kuthethwa sisiphumo ngasinye:

• I-Arsenal iyaphumelela: i-Arsenal ifikelela kumanqaku angama-24, ingaphambili kweCity ngamathathu; iLiverpool ihlala kwi-15.
• Ukulingana: i-Arsenal iphezulu ngama-22, inqaku elinye ngaphambili kweCity; iLiverpool 16.
• ILiverpool iyaphumelela: iLiverpool inyukela kwi-18, amanqaku amathathu emva kwe-Arsenal, ize iCity ihlale phezulu ngomahluko weenjongo.

Imo: iLiverpool iyaqhuba, i-Arsenal ilinyazwe yiFleetwood

Iqela lika-Andoni Iraola lifika likwimo entle. ILiverpool iphumelele kwimidlalo yayo emibini yokugqibela yeligi – 2-1 eBrentford no-2-0 ekhaya ngokuchasene neBrighton – yaze ngoLwesithathu yakhupha iChelsea kwiCarabao Cup ngo-6-5 ngeepenalti emva kokulingana ngo-1-1. U-Alexander Isak ufake iinjongo ezintandathu kwimidlalo yakhe emithandathu yokugqibela yePremier League, ngokutsho kweSports Mole, ze uBradley Barcola abe nesandla kwiinjongo ezintlanu kwimidlalo yakhe emine yokugqibela.

Uqhubo lwe-Arsenal kwiligi luqinile – uloyiso olusixhenxe kwimidlalo esibhozo, ukoyiswa okukuphela kuko ngu-3-0 eBrighton – kodwa iveki yayo ayibanga njalo. Iqela likaMikel Arteta likhutshwe kwiCarabao Cup yiFleetwood Town yeLeague Two (inqanaba lesine), loyiswa ngo-5-3 ngeepenalti emva ko-1-1. "Asinakuzisizela," utshilo ukapteni uMartin Ødegaard emva komdlalo, njengoko kucatshulwe yi-Al Jazeera. U-Arteta uthethe ngokuthe ngqo ngeCawe: sekuyiminyaka eli-14 i-Arsenal igqibele ukuphumelela e-Anfield, "ngoko lixesha lokuba siyenze".

Iindaba zamaqela

ILiverpool: UHugo Ekitike (umsipha ka-Achilles), uConor Bradley (idolo), uGiovanni Leoni (i-cruciate ligament) noJeremie Frimpong (i-hamstring) abazukudlala. UDominik Szoboszlai (i-hamstring) noVíctor Muñoz abakadlali ukusukela kuloyiso eBrentford, kodwa u-Iraola uthe bobabini "banethuba" lokudlala. UFlorian Wirtz ubuyile emva kokubethwa eqatheni.

I-Arsenal: UBukayo Saka (ithanga) noWilliam Saliba (umqolo) abazukudlala, ze uMax Dowman oneminyaka eli-17 aqale isohlwayo semidlalo emithathu emva kwekhadi elibomvu alifumene eFleetwood. UNoni Madueke (iqatha) akuqinisekanga ukuba uza kudlala kwaye imeko kaChristos Tzolis ayicacanga, ngelixa uDeclan Rice noRiccardo Calafiori sebebuyele kuqeqesho kwaye kulindeleke ukuba bafumaneke, ngokutsho kuka-Arteta.

Iqela elinokuqala leLiverpool (i-ESPN ne-Al Jazeera ziyavumelana): Alisson; Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Barcola, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak.

Iqela le-Arsenal kunzima ukuliqikelela. UDavid Raya, uBen White, uGabriel, uMyles Lewis-Skelly, uMartín Zubimendi, u-Ødegaard no-Eberechi Eze kulindeleke ukuba baqale; ngaphandle kukaSaka, uMadueke noTzolis, u-Arteta kuya kufuneka aqhamke necebo kwicala lasekunene, apho uMikel Merino okanye uKai Havertz banokungena khona.

Umbono wethu

Olu luvavanyo olukhulu kwi-Arsenal kunoko kubonakaliswa yitheyibhile. Ukhetho lwayo emaphikweni luncipheke kakhulu, kwaye uhlaselo lweLiverpool – u-Isak embindini, uBarcola noGakpo emaphikweni, uWirtz phakathi kwabo – lulolo hlobo kanye lohlwaya iqela elingenaso isantya xa kuhlaselwa ngokukhawuleza. Lindela ukuba u-Iraola atyhalele phambili abakhuseli bakhe basemacaleni aze ahlasele icala lasekunene le-Arsenal elilungiswe ngokungxama.

Ithemba le-Arsenal lisekukhuseleni: nangaphandle kukaSaliba ibiliqela elizinzileyo kakhulu kwiligi, kwaye inqaku e-Anfield lisenokuyibeka phezulu. Ukulingana sesona siphumo singayincedi kakhulu iCity, ngelixa uloyiso lweLiverpool lungaguqula ugqatso lwamaqela amabini lube lukhuphiswano oluxinene ngakumbi. Umbono wethu: ukungaphumeleli kwe-Arsenal kumdlalo weligi e-Anfield ngumthwalo wokwenyani, kodwa eli lelona thuba lilungileyo kwiminyaka emininzi lokukuphelisa.

Landela iLiverpool ne-Arsenal ngqo ku-EZCO – isiphumo umzuzu ngomzuzu, iinjongo namakhadi kwiphepha lomdlalo, kunye netheyibhile yePremier League ngqo.