Arsenal v Liverpool - Whose players are best?

Not a Liverpool fan by any chance are we? If Liverpool are so good why are they so far off the pace in the league and struggled to qualify from a poor champs league group? More crap from a crap site.

unbelievabely one sided... what a load of shit

ocean of names? yeah i wish arsenal had superstars like pennant, kuyt, voronin, kewell etc to call on when the going ges tough... just tryna big ur team up to feel more confident by any chance?

I am a Gooner so I'm gonna have to go with the Arsenal for a 2-1 win tonight. I think Liverpool is one team that Wenger can read like a book at the best of times, I'm just hoping that Torres has a cold or something! LOL

what a dude... what kind of dumbass article is this. Defence doesnt just mean getting 0-0 and close 1-0's. its what the defenders bring to the team. clichy, sagna and toure all contribute going fwd and possess great on the ball awareness and off the ball when defending and attacking. each of those players can comfortbaly bring the ball out of defence and join in the attack whereas lpools cant do anyhting except pump it long.. midfield - i admit gerrard is great but fabregas is the best at what he does - keeps the game ticking and allows arsenal to pass through him flamini has been the best ball winner this season - mascherano is good but he is not better that flamini and they paid 17mill for him up front - again i admit torres is great - but if we nullify him then theres nothing else, you can nulify adebayor but then youve got rvp who, trust me, will have a big say from now til the end of the season. all of arsenals players play for the team and play for each other - if one doesnt score he still contributes to the success of the team full stop

It was good when Liverpools superb squad got knocked out of the FA Cup by Barnsley at Anfield

Nervous pool-fan...:) You´re in better shape at the moment, but when all players are at their best there are two players that would walk into Arsenal, Torres and Gerrard, none of the others.....and our bad spell must end, might as well end tonight!

One sided article, terrible to read you're a scouser mate you should join that twisted biased individual Hansen on the BBC website. How can you be so bloody short minded, dont write any more arfticles...they are shyte!

as iv'e said before.both clubs & sets of supporters have ,most of the time a healthy respect for each other & long may it continue irrespective of the results in "the trilogy"-however,i have to say the article is a bit one eyed

I am a liverpool fan, and that article was crap...seriously. Pull your head in mate, Arsenal have a quality squad, Fabregas, Clichy, Adebayor, Hleb...Liverpool also has quality just has not lived up to expectation this season, which is disappointing as a fan, but I think it will be a good game. The only place I agree on this article is with the goal keepers, thats it. Reina has proved himself time and again, but has also blundered in the past. You need to rethink the article.

You are all talking a lot of shite, and that includes the author. Both teams have quality players that each would be happy to sign from the other. Reina is twice the keeper of anything Arsenal have, Mascherano has been hailed by press all over the world for his performances over the last year and has been courted by Barcalona, Inter, AC Milan and many others so if you wouldn't want him you don't know anything about football. Speaking of not knowing anything about football, the 17 mill paid for him included his wages untill 2012, for a player of that quality that is an absolute bargain. Stevie G would walk in to any team in the world and so would Torres. Personally I feel Agger and Babel are awesome prospects and I seriously doubt Wenger would refuse either of them, especially after he tried to get Babel for so long before the boy chose Anfield. The only reason Carragher isn't in that list is his age. If he wasn't hitting 30 he is another player who would easily play for any team in europe and only an idiot would suggest otherwise. Looking at Arsenals players Sagna, Cliche and Toure are all quality players that I doubt any intelligent fan would not welcome. Rosicky and Hleb are awesome players that Liverpool would love to have and I have to say to the author, the only thing teams have figured out about Fabregas is that he is amazing. So he may not be at the form he was earlier this season but he is a kid, everyone has a blip in form at some point but there isn't a team on the planet that wouldn't want this future world player of the year. Van Persie is class, Adebayor has been one of the stars of the season and Eduardo (I hope he comes back fit for you next season), seemed to be settling in to the pace of the prem nicely before his injury. Going in to tonights match the checks and balances are in place. Liverpool have the European Experience of late and a Manager who seems to thrive on these occasions, they also have the form going in to this first game. On the other hand Arsenal have a team that has been built to play attractive, effective passing football by one of the modern games pioneers. Wenger is a genius and cannot be underestimated. This could go either way, it is a game of 2 legs and a lot can happen but as a Liverpool fan obviously I hope Torres destroys the Arsenal defence lol Howerver it goes, I really wish Asenal and all it's fans the best of luck in their premiership race, personally if I knew we would be guaranteed 4th, I'd put out a youth team for saturays match and give you a leg up against the Mancs.

The scousers have beaten us once in how many bloody games and there already talking like they have won the tie lol i hope we wipe the stupid smile of ur dum faces go and play in the MLS!!!!!

wow the first non liverpool baiting article i have read on this site and the first anti-arsenal one.... miracles never cease. fully expect another plagurised song from the arsenal fans tonight as it is becoming increasingly apparent that they are about as inventive as dirk kuyt, good team though

when you read sentiments written about reality, you all but laugh. A lot of this analysis was done before the tie against AC Milan(Cup Holders, mind you), but the final whistle told us who was better. I implore you, when writing next time, try not to be so myopic in your judgement. Every team in this stage of the League has potentials... So wait for the final whistle..!

Reina; Sagna - Carragher - Gallas - Clichy; Hleb - Cesc - Flamini (remember, one is attacking and one is defensive so Cesc has to be above Gerrard) - Babel; Torres - Van persie

What a dump!!

the article above is so blatantly biased why put in on the net and give a name as Arsenal vs Liverpool- Whose players are best. Ok so they have a few big names so what Real had big names and we beat them 0-1, Milan had the likes of kaka, seedorf, pato, nesta and we beat them so overall we have a stronger more together team than liverpool, cesc is a great player and you can't compare him to gerard because cesc is 20 and is still a growing talent just because fernando torres has scored a couple of goals recently he is now the best striker in the premiership as this rubbish excuse of an article is impying he is, there defence like hell is more steady than ours, they have old defenders who can't run for shit, our defenders have a real attacking intent about them and mascharano is a slightly above average midfielder while flamini is versatile and a real passionate player. adebayour will regain his form so will robin , nicklas is just in a slump ( he's 19 you dicks) and theo is coming of age. one more thing how can you say ther more steady in defence if last season with the same defence(excluding skrtel) they got thrashed 3-6, 3-0 and 1-3 and ther only victory was a 4-1 victory in those four games they conceded 13 goals while we conceded 8 goals without some of our first team defenders. So Results for triple header 1-0, 3-1 and 1-2 all to Arsenal the Premiership champions for the 2007-2008 season and also the next champions league champions league champs. see you in moscow fat boy ronnie or a faggett called cristano ronaldo

I'm amazed you missed the point that Peter Crouch is 3-4 inches taller than Adebayor, hence better!

why on earth would you choose masche-run your mouth of- against Flamini? He is one of the best modern style holding midfielder's in the world, he does everything that Masch does whilst also adding to the attack. Senderos has been good enough in the last 2 months to make people question Toure's spot, and he is only 23, so he wins it for me. As for Eboue and Dcik Shite, Eboue has more ability than the Dirty dutchman and if he just pulled his head in then he would become valuable again.

All through the centre the Liverpool players are far better! Out wide we have Babel and Aurelio on the Left but nothing down the right and this is where Arsenal are better, but that's probably it. and Torres up front with Gerrard behind, that's probably the most deadly combination in Europe with about 50 goals between them surely outclasses all of the Arsenal forwards does it not? Well I don't wanna write too much but I believe Liverpool are off to the Semi-final of the Champions League yet again!!!