V van Dijk (14' 14th minute) M Salah (90+3' 93rd minute) ... Liverpool vs Man Utd player ratings; Mikel Arteta found it easy to justify leaving Arsenal’s new signing on the bench for the trip to the Etihad on Saturday but Thursday’s trip to Rapid Vienna offers the Gunners boss the perfect opportunity to begin bedding in the £45million midfielder. Is that still enough? It is unlikely that Liverpool’s piss will have cooled by the time they land in Amsterdam after a weekend which saw them lose their best player for the season and two more points courtesy of a cat’s c*ck hair offside call. Thomas Partey is the right age to make an instant impact at Arsenal...but maybe not that instant. Ideally before Sevilla arrive at Stamford Bridge, and certainly before he faces Solskjaer on Sunday to decide which of the two will spend the following week justifying their position. But the solution to fixing Chelsea’s rearguard, which has leaked an average of 1.5 goals per game since the start of last season under Lampard, cannot be found simply by ousting Kepa. Yet still funny…. Arteta’s changes, when they came, were all like-for-like and at no point with the game in the balance did Arsenal alter their shape to at least give Pep a problem to ponder. Anything less than a victory will only exacerbate the fear on Merseyside that the Reds’ air of invincibility has vanished with Van Dijk. There aren’t many midweek Championship fixtures that really grab you by the balls. There are two England legends - and one England nemesis. Home F365 Features Big Midweek: PSG v Man Utd, Liverpool, Lampard, Partey, Date published: Tuesday 20th October 2020 8:21. This fixture is one of five devilish assignments in the coming two-and-a-half weeks, a period which many suggested might spell the end for the Norwegian. The ridiculous red card against Spurs was just another stick with which to beat Martial. Update your browser to view this website correctly.Update my browser now, Big Midweek: PSG v Man Utd, Liverpool, Lampard, Partey. Arsenal came from 1-0 down to defeat Rapid Vienna, and their new signing caught the eye... Thomas Partey was excellent but Arsenal still insist on making life difficult for themselves. We know Kepa isn’t but it will be the Spaniard who keeps goal again on Tuesday against Sevilla. So with the likes of Perr Schuurs, Ryan Gravenberch and Antony coming in, this Ajax team may be a little less familiar but no less threatening. Club captain Aubameyang believes Partey will play a big part in Arsenal's success during the campaign. But this number of individual errors must point to a systemic failure. The ever-changing consensus on the 24-year-old seems to be that, in fact, he is not the long-term answer to United’s lack of a centre-forward. So Martial, eligible to play on his return to France amid a domestic suspension, will get a chance to quieten the sceptics who are finding their voices once more. Victor Lindelof and Axel Tuanzebe will probably get the nod on the basis they are the only two specialists to have travelled – here is another chance for Tuanzebe to stake a real claim for the starting spot alongside Maguire. Liverpool have wobbled in the group stage before – they were a last-gasp Alisson save against Napoli from not seeing the knockout stages before they won the Champions League in 2019. Pele turned 80 this past week so takes his place. Instead of trying to find the least worst partner for Harry Maguire, he must form an entirely new central defensive partnership with neither the captain nor Eric Bailly in France. Joe Lolley’s late winner after Hughton’s arrival has prompted some sudden optimism by the Trent, even though this Forest squad continues to come up with new ways to burst their own bubble. Another win, which would take them above their 17th-placed opponents, would set Forest perfectly for the biggest Championship game of the week: the east Midlands derby on Friday. With only Joel Matip and Joe Gomez left as recognised central defenders, Klopp is also without Alisson and Thiago on Wednesday night with Liverpool looking fragile for the first time in three years. Read: System of a clown: Lampard is bigger Chelsea problem than Kepa. Anfield Attendance: Attendance 52,916. In a topsy-turvy season of unpredictable nonsense, Wolves are seventh and just the same as ever. So it doesn’t help that United have taken a squad to Paris that is ‘a little bit depleted’. But with RB Leipzig lurking as an added danger to two clubs familiar with shooting themselves in the foot, this Parc des Princes clash of European heavyweights could go a long way to deciding the outcome of the Group H. As Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returns to the scene of where he secured his permanent position, it could also go some way to determining for how much longer he keeps it. Big Midweek: PSG v Man Utd, Liverpool, Lampard, Partey Date published: Tuesday 20th October 2020 8:21 Man Utd return to the scene of Solskjaer's greatest win, while Liverpool … Arsenal never seized the initiative, even with City backing off or content to see out a one-goal win with possession in the second period. Solskjaer has got the most joy with his team when they have been made to sit back and break, rather than being tasked with breaking down massed ranks. The world’s most expensive keeper can’t say he hasn’t had the opportunities to demonstrate why he should not be dropped but each time he has been handed back the gloves, in this instance because of Edouard Mendy’s injury, Kepa has promptly dropped them and everything else thrown his way. The former Brighton boss is back in the game after being appointed at the City Ground prior to the international break. That was while United were stewing on the 6-1 humping by Tottenham and some confidence will have been regained from the 4-1 win at Newcastle at the weekend. Read about Man Utd v Liverpool in the U18 Premier League 2020/21 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. The fact Solskjaer has left some of his big names in Manchester spares him some decisions even if it prompts others. Which is something they lacked at City on Saturday. Partey’s presence, certainly once he is settled in, should give Arteta more scope for those types of tweaks. Though they pose probably the biggest attacking threat, perhaps PSG are more ideal opponents for United than the other approaching foes. But the Reds have to refocus because waiting for them is an Ajax side which, along with Atalanta, could cause Jurgen Klopp further misery. “This is where he looks like Vieira for me when he's travelling with the ball and making things happen.”. Having earned a huge show of faith in Paris before – in the form of a permanent job contract – Solskjaer must do it again to strengthen his slipping grip on the position he made his own almost 600 days ago. We've eked 16 Conclusions out of a dour stalemate between two teams petrified of losing so the least you can do is read them... West Ham look to be finally getting it together under David Moyes with another impressive result. Likewise, Solskjaer has more concerns than just Martial. The Anthony Martial or Edinson Cavani question was rendered moot when the new signing stayed in Manchester while his new team-mates took off for Paris. That’s assuming he really wants this, which remains up for debate. But Joe Gomez was pretty good and that's lovely. Read about Man Utd v Liverpool in the U18 Premier League 2020/21 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. Cavani was said to be desperate to face his former side but Covid restrictions have left him short of training in the build-up. Building on a … Barnes thinks the Gunners have found a player who will effectively protect their defence this season. PSG, at home, will be expected to give United both barrels, as they did that fateful night in March last year when the Red Devils pulled off one of their greatest – and luckiest – comebacks. All but two of the nine goals Chelsea have conceded this season have come from individual mistakes, and those in front of Kepa have certainly made their fair share. Now would be a perfect time for Martial to show again what he can do, on home soil, with Cavani watching on expectantly. But that was Newcastle, a side playing to avoid defeat even when they led. Lampard may claim that while the mistakes are being made individually rather than collectively, there is only so much he can do. The Mailbox is a little conflicted, as you can see. Ahead of them, can Solskjaer afford to recall Paul Pogba when his defence needs the best protection he can muster?