Arsenal v Liverpool: FA Cup third round – live

Harvey Elliott will play wide on the right, Jurgen Klopp has confirmed, so that presumably means Cody Gakpo is a replacement for Dominik Szoboszlai.

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Both managers have picked strong sides, so we should be in for a decent game. Arsenal bring in Aaron Ramsdale, Jorginho and Reiss Nelson for David Raya, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli. Kai Havertz is likely to start up front.

Liverpool make four changes, all enforced: Jarell Quansah, Harvey Elliott, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo replace Virgil van Dijk (ill), Dominik Szoboszlai, Endo and Mo Salah (international duty).

Arsenal (possible 4-1-2-3) Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Jorginho; Odegaard, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Nelson.
Substitutes: Raya, Cedric, Walters, Sousa, Smith Rowe, Nwaneri, Trossard, Martinelli, Nketiah.

Liverpool (possible 4-1-2-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Quansah, Gomez; Mac Allister; Gakpo, Jones; Elliott, Nunez, Diaz.
Substitutes: Kelleher, Jota, Gravenberch, Clark, Bradley, Nyoni, Chambers, Gordon, McConnell.

Referee John Brooks.

There are seven 2pm games in the FA Cup third round, and a couple of Premier League sides are having tricky afternoons. Huddersfield have just got their fourth at the Etihad, and yep we are talking about throw-ins. Dominic Booth has the latest.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Arsenal v Liverpool at the Emirates. It’s the tie of the FA Cup third round, between two of English football’s holy trinity – and while it’s not the be-all and end-all for either team, their managers know the value of this competition. The FA Cup remains Mikel Arteta’s only trophy as Arsenal manager, and the goodwill from that success may have saved his job when Arsenal were 15th in the league on Christmas Day 2020.

The following season Liverpool came within a couple of games of a quadruple, and the domestic cup runs helped generate an almost irresistible momentum. Until then Jurgen Klopp never seemed too bothered about the FA Cup, but now – with Liverpool also in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup – he is up for another busy spring.

As always in the FA Cup, the team news will be a statement of intent, apathy or pragmatism. Liverpool host Fulham in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday night, so Klopp has a bit of juggling to do. Arsenal have a fortnight off after this, replays notwithstanding; that and their poor recent form may tempt Arteta to pick a full-strength side. We’ll soon find out.

Kick off 4.30pm.