Meanwhile, Liverpool, who were mooted to be back in the mix for the league title continue to have issues in defence. In pre-season they conceded a staggering 11 goals in just five games including two against Karlsruher, four against Greuther Furth and four more against Bayern Munich.
This misfortune has continued into the Premier League season, failing to keep a clean sheet in either of their opening games. Chelsea secured a 1-1 draw against the Reds whilst an early goal at Anfield for Bournemouth from Antoine Semenyo stole the chance of it being second-time lucky within just three minutes.
Alexis Mac Allister was sent off and despite the free-scoring Reds with games against Newcastle, Aston Villa and Wolves to come it will be interesting to see how their midfield without the Argentinian will deal with this. Depth is a real problem.
This led to the club being forced to sign 30-year-old Wataru Endo from Stuttgart for more than £16million. Plenty of attacking stars have been brought in, and it shows in the number of goals they score but few can see this not being a problem for Klopp’s side in this campaign.
Arteta has been keen to ensure he has competitive options in every position, unlike Liverpool, this is not a problem for his Arsenal side. The pair will face one another on December 23, so perhaps the Reds will have sorted their issues by then.
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