[Evan Lloyd
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Bukayo Saka remains injured while Christos Tzolis has not featured since mid-September and will be unlikely to start the clash if he does return.
The Gunners attempted to get the ban overturned but their appeal was dismissed by the FA on Thursday, leaving Mikel Arteta with a selection crisis.
Arsenal tried and failed to strengthen their attack in the summer transfer window, and are now paying the price for sanctioning the departures of both Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli.
Kai Havertz can be Mikel Arteta's saviour
Eberechi Eze, while not a natural left-sided winger, has featured in the position regularly this season and will start at Anfield.
Academy winger James Scanlon has started the season well and could be an option, while Ceadach O'Neill was trusted from the start on Tuesday and scored 15 goals across all competitions last season.
Yet a clash against Liverpool would be an extremely tall task for either player, and Arteta is likely to look elsewhere.
The solution's name may well be Kai Havertz. Although he has exclusively featured through the middle of the pitch for Arsenal, the German once was a regular on the right for Bayer Leverkusen.
In fact, the 27-year-old has a strong record in the position, having scored 18 goals and provided nine assists when deployed there, according to Transfermarkt.
How would Arsenal set up?
Should Havertz feature from the right against Liverpool, he is unlikely to operate in the same way that a usual winger would.
The German will be drifting inside and still looking to get in the box when he can, involving himself in build-up, too.
With Havertz coming off the back of a truly dismal night at Fleetwood, the forward will have plenty of questions to answer on Sunday.