ILiverpool ne-Arsenal: ukubuka kuqala umdlalo wePremier League e-Anfield

Ukuhlulwa kweManchester City ngo-1-0 yiBrighton ekhaya ngoMgqibelo kuvulele i-Arsenal ithuba elicacile. AmaGunners avakashela iLiverpool ngeSonto, mhla lu-1 kuNovemba, ngo-18:30 (isikhathi saseNingizimu Afrika) elingana neCity ngamaphuzu angu-21 kodwa enomdlalo owodwa ongakadlalwa – uma ewina e-Anfield azoba ngawodwa phezulu kwi-Premier League, ehola ngamaphuzu amathathu. Inkinga: i-Arsenal ayikaze iwine umdlalo weligi e-Anfield kusukela ngoSepthemba 2012.

Ithebula ngaphambi komdlalo

Ngemuva kokuntenga kweCity, phezulu kwethebula kubukeka kanje ngaphambi kweSonto (ithebula eliphelele):

Indawo	Iqembu	Idlalile	Amaphuzu	Umehluko wamagoli
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

Okungashiwo yimiphumela ngayinye:

• I-Arsenal iyawina: i-Arsenal iba namaphuzu angu-24, ihola iCity ngamathathu; iLiverpool isala ku-15.
• Ukulingana: i-Arsenal iba phezulu ngamaphuzu angu-22, iphuzu elilodwa ngaphambi kweCity; iLiverpool 16.
• ILiverpool iyawina: iLiverpool inyukela ku-18, amaphuzu amathathu ngemuva kwe-Arsenal, kanti iCity ihlala phezulu ngomehluko wamagoli.

Isimo: iLiverpool ivutha, i-Arsenal ilinyazwe yiFleetwood

Iqembu lika-Andoni Iraola lifika lisesimweni esihle. ILiverpool iwine imidlalo yayo emibili yokugcina yeligi – 2-1 eBrentford kanye no-2-0 ekhaya ibhekene neBrighton – kwathi ngoLwesithathu yakhipha iChelsea kuCarabao Cup ngo-6-5 ngamaphenathi ngemuva kokulingana ngo-1-1. U-Alexander Isak ushaye amagoli ayisithupha emidlalweni yakhe eyisithupha yokugcina yePremier League, ngokusho kweSports Mole, kanti uBradley Barcola ube nesandla emagolini amahlanu emidlalweni yakhe emine yokugcina.

Uchungechunge lwe-Arsenal eligini luqinile – ukunqoba okuyisikhombisa emidlalweni eyisishiyagalombili, ukuhlulwa okukodwa kuphela kube ngu-3-0 eBrighton – kodwa iviki layo alibanga kanjalo. Iqembu likaMikel Arteta likhishwe kuCarabao Cup yiFleetwood Town yeLeague Two (izinga lesine), lahlulwa ngo-5-3 ngamaphenathi ngemuva kuka-1-1. "Asikwazi ukuzizwela usizi," kusho ukaputeni uMartin Ødegaard ngemuva komdlalo, njengoba kucashunwe yi-Al Jazeera. U-Arteta ubeqonde ngqo ngeSonto: sekuyiminyaka engu-14 i-Arsenal igcine ukuwina e-Anfield, "ngakho sekuyisikhathi sokukwenza".

Izindaba zamaqembu

ILiverpool: UHugo Ekitike (umsipha ka-Achilles), uConor Bradley (idolo), uGiovanni Leoni (i-cruciate ligament) noJeremie Frimpong (i-hamstring) ngeke badlale. UDominik Szoboszlai (i-hamstring) noVíctor Muñoz abakadlali selokhu kwanqotshwa iBrentford, kodwa u-Iraola uthe bobabili "banethuba" lokudlala. UFlorian Wirtz usebuyile ngemuva kokulimala eqakaleni.

I-Arsenal: UBukayo Saka (ithanga) noWilliam Saliba (umhlane) ngeke badlale, kanti uMax Dowman oneminyaka engu-17 uqala ukudonsa isijeziso semidlalo emithathu ngemuva kwekhadi elibomvu alithola eFleetwood. UNoni Madueke (iqakala) akuqinisekile ukuthi uzodlala futhi isimo sikaChristos Tzolis asicacile, kanti uDeclan Rice noRiccardo Calafiori sebebuyele ekuzilolongeni futhi kulindeleke ukuthi batholakale, ngokusho kuka-Arteta.

Iqembu elingase liqale leLiverpool (i-ESPN ne-Al Jazeera bayavumelana): Alisson; Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Barcola, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak.

Iqembu le-Arsenal kunzima ukulibikezela. UDavid Raya, uBen White, uGabriel, uMyles Lewis-Skelly, uMartín Zubimendi, u-Ødegaard no-Eberechi Eze kulindeleke ukuthi baqale; ngaphandle kukaSaka, uMadueke noTzolis, u-Arteta kuzodingeka enze amasu ohlangothini lwesokudla, lapho uMikel Merino noma uKai Havertz bengangena khona.

Umbono wethu

Lokhu kuyisivivinyo esikhulu ku-Arsenal kunalokho okuboniswa yithebula. Izinketho zayo emaphikweni sezincane kakhulu, kanti ukuhlasela kweLiverpool – u-Isak phakathi, uBarcola noGakpo emaphikweni, uWirtz phakathi kwabo – kuwuhlobo kanye olujezisa iqembu elingenalo ijubane uma kuhlaselwa ngokushesha. Lindela ukuthi u-Iraola athumele phambili abavikeli bakhe basemaceleni futhi ahlasele uhlangothi lwesokudla lwe-Arsenal oluhlelwe ngokuphuthuma.

Ithemba le-Arsenal lisekuvikeleni: ngisho ngaphandle kukaSaliba ibilokhu iyiqembu elizinzile kakhulu eligini, futhi iphuzu e-Anfield lisengayibeka phezulu. Ukulingana yiwona mphumela ongayijabulisi kakhulu iCity, kanti ukuwina kweLiverpool kungashintsha umjaho wamaqembu amabili ube umncintiswano oxinene kakhulu. Umbono wethu: uchungechunge lwe-Arsenal lokungawini umdlalo weligi e-Anfield luwumthwalo wangempela, kodwa leli yithuba layo elihle kakhulu eminyakeni eminingi lokuluqeda.

Landela iLiverpool ne-Arsenal bukhoma ku-EZCO – umphumela umzuzu nomzuzu, amagoli namakhadi ekhasini lomdlalo, kanye nethebula lePremier League bukhoma.