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Jurgen Klopp confirms major injury scare for Liverpool ahead of Arsenal clash

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed forward Darwin Nunez will face a late fitness test ahead of Sunday's huge meeting with Arsenal. The Uruguay international, who has three goals and two assists in his last four Premier League Game s, has helped make up for the absence of star winger Mohamed Salah, who picked up a hamstring injury at the Africa Cup of Nations which will keep him sidelined for several weeks. Nunez was at his chaotic best against Chelsea in midweek, hitting the post no fewer than four times, and Klopp has now revealed Nunez was playing through an injury which has given medical staff a real scare. "A little side story you don’t know, I don’t know if Darwin will be available or not because after 20 minutes, someone stepped on his foot," Klopp confessed. "Very painful after the game. "He only took the boot the game off after the game because he didn’t want to see it before. He knew there was something. "He left the stadium in a boot a...

Arsenal 2-1 Wolves: Player ratings as Gunners survive late scare

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Arsenal moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard got their names on the scoresheet early on, with Wolves unable to reduce the deficit before half-time. Despite a late Matheus Cunha goal, Arsenal held on for an important victory. How the game unfolded Arsenal knew a victory at the Emirates would ensure they remained at the top of the Premier League table come the end of the weekend and it took the Gunners just six minutes to get themselves in front. Saka collected a pass from Takehiro Tomiyasu in the right-hand side of the penalty area, taking it past Craig Dawson with the help of a ricochet and firing beyond Jose Sa with his weaker right foot from close range. Fast forward another six minutes and Arsenal doubled their advantage, tearing Wolves apart with a sensational move down the left flank. Oleksandr Zinchenko played a delightful one-tw...