Arsenal XI vs Liverpool: No Rice - Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League

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·11 de mayo de 2025

Arsenal XI vs Liverpool: No Rice - Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League

Arsenal forced into reshuffle with Declan Rice not in the squad to face Liverpool

Key absence: Arsenal are without Declan Rice at Anfield

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Mikel Arteta is without Declan Rice as Arsenal make the trip to Liverpool after their Champions League heartbreak in Paris.

The Gunners head to Anfield following defeat against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, with the focus now on securing second in the Premier League.

Arteta admitted after the game that some of his players were in tears after losing to PSG, but they must now respond and he has named a strong side.

Rice misses out, though, with the midfielder not in the squad, and it means Mikel Merino drops back into midfield, with Leandro Trossard leading the line.

Ben White comes into the team at right-back in place of Jurrien Timber. Riccardo Calafiori impressed off the bench on Wednesday, but he is again named among the substitutes.

It is otherwise an unchanged Arsenal side, with the likes of Ethan Nwaneri and Raheem Sterling having to settle for places on the bench.

Starting XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Merino, Odegaard, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Subs: Neto, Tierney, Timber, Zinchenko, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Henry-Francis, Nwaneri, Sterling

Time and date: 4.30pm BST on Sunday May 11, 2025

How to watch: Sky Sports

Venue: Anfield

Referee: Anthony Taylor