In contrast, Arsenal have been watertight at the back, enjoying two clean sheets and their new-look forward line spearheaded by Viktor Gyokeres sparked into life in the 5-0 thrashing of Leeds United last week.
Arsenal's lack of heavy-metal firepower has been identified as the reason they have finished second in a succession of two-horse Premier League title races and a fair chunk of the £250m (R5.98bn) invested in the summer has been to address that.
The capture of Sweden international Gyokeres, with last week's audacious swoop for Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze have given manager Arteta a plethora of attacking options. So much so that injuries to Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard, which would normally be met with doom and gloom, do not feel as damaging — even before a trip to Anfield where Liverpool have not lost a league game for almost a year.
Gyokores, the true “No 9" that Arsenal fans have been calling for, scored a brace in the win against Leeds and will be out to make a statement against a Liverpool defence that looked fragile against 10-man Newcastle.
“He's that old-fashioned striker, the way he runs,” former Manchester United captain and Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane said when running the rule over the former Sporting player who cost Arsenal an initial £55m (R1.31bn).
“It's not pretty to look at, but come the end of the season, I bet you're going, he's got us 20 goals.”