Jurgen Klopp does not start in his new job at the Red Bull football group until January 1 although if the famous Premier-League winning manager wants to save the coaching career of his long-serving Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders he may have to intervene sooner.
Belgian playmaker yet to start following return from pelvic injury
Not for the first time this season, Bukayo Saka was the first man on the scene when an opponent attempted to intimidate one of his Arsenal team-mates. As Jurrien Timber was kicked to the ground at the London Stadium on Saturday, Saka charged down the touchline, threw his weight into Emerson Palmieri and then shoved the West Ham defender away.