Arsene has gone for a midfield heavy looking side as Danny Welbeck takes his place on the bench while Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey look set to play ahead of Francis Coquelin with Mesut Özil likely to start from a wide position. Arsenal were well and truly dominated at Anfield earlier in the season so Arsene could well be trying to fight back for some of the ball.
I have probably been harder on Arshavin than any other of our players so far this season, his statistics have been impressive but I have often had the feeling that he could have done much more. I was absolutely delighted after his performance last weekend, we saw the Arshavin that
Wojciech Szczesny has been itching in his pants for a first team start, so much so that he couldn't help but to shout out in frustration in recent weeks about his lack of pitch time. With Wenger sending Mannone on loan to Hull City, it is Szczesny's chance to show what he can do and become our cup keeper. He spoke very well in his pre match interview and said that nerves will not be a problem as he does not suffer from them. Good lad