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Mention “Arsenal” and “Reading” and thoughts surely flash back to that rather-infamous 5-7 League Cup clash, in which Arsenal turned a 4-1 halftime deficit into a scintillating, breath-taking and heart-breaking (for Reading) 5-7 win, courtesy of a Walcott hat-trick and a brace from Chamakh. Fast forward more than two years and only (a few of) the names have changed.
All of the talk around Arsenal lately has centered on how well we’ve done in winning seven in row—can we actually challenge Chelsea? Along the way, certain matches have been highlighted and others neglected, as if we can blithely blitz a few “lesser” opponents as we waltz our way towards a Prem title. Thank you, Burnley, for serving notice that all is not quite done and dusted yet.
In what might just be one of the signs of the Apocalypse, we’ll square off on Saturday against a Liverpool squad that will be missing more players than we will. I’m not sure that this is legal. Aside from where the two clubs stand on the table, all of the talk will have to be about how Rodgers will set up without Skrtel and Gerrard (both suspended), Ibe, Jones, and Flanagan; and without Sturridge, Sterling, or Lallana, who may or may not be suffering from interlullitis but could experience miraculous recoveries by Saturday.
