Lovely move! James Milner starts it, Philippe Coutinho is involved and it is sent out to Andrew Robertson on the left. His cross is excellent this time, deep and whipped, Roberto Firmino is free beyond the back stick and his header is clawed out by Petr Cech.It was asking a lot to score from that angle but a good effort. The home fans growing restless.

James Milner almost gets in after a neat one-two with Roberto Firmino but it's just about cut out by Laurent Koscielny. Liverpool are on top, but aren't finding a final pass at the moment.

Jermaine Jenas
Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

Between the Arsenal backline and midfield they need to sort it out.

Philippe Coutinho is spending a lot of time in the gap, Arsenal haven't figured that out yet.

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This pace can't carry on, surely. Take a touch and lose the ball at the moment, as Granit Xhaka whacks a pass 65 yards out of play...

Liverpool get Philippe Coutinho into the game for the first time and he fires a 25-yarder wide after a neat touch.

He's scored eight goals and made another seven in his last 10 away games. Wow.

Jermaine Jenas
Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

Roberto Firmino didn't really help Sadio Mane, he took the player towards him rather than taking him away.

The game has not really settled down yet. The pitch seems very fast, but players are struggling to find their touch and it's a bit scrappier than I expected it to be.

Sadio Mane gets away from Hector Bellerin but can't find Roberto Firmino before Mo Salah loses the ball on the other wing. It's high intensity, low on quality so far.

Both team's passing accuracy is around 75% which is low for top teams.

James Milner is now on.

Phil Knox: With the respective attacking riches and defensive poverties, this could be a cracker!

Eddie: C'mon Arsenal!! Avoid embarrassment today!!

Mike Crew: Liverpool have been "tangoed"

Other fizzy orange beverages are available, possibly...

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Jordan Henderson has a hamstring injury by the looks of it. He pinged while chasing Mesut Ozil. On will come James Milner.

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There's one game in the Championship tonight as 16th-placed Norwich host Brentford, who are three places above them in the table.

One minute in and the Bees have hit the woodwork, Ollie Watkins smacking an effort against the post.

You can follow live updates on that game here.

Postpublished at 10 mins

10 mins

Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool

Jordan Henderson could be getting Christmas off - he's down in pain in midfield. I didn't see what happened but James Milner is already warming up.

Jermaine Jenas
Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

It was good all round - yes, Ainsley Maitland-Niles stumbled, but he read the fact that Mo Salah wanted to go down the line and stopped him.

Good and bad from Ainsley Maitland-Niles! The youngster covers the run in behind from the dangerous Mo Salah but then loses his footing and has to put it away for a panicked corner.

He read the run well though. A youngster, out of position, against one of the league's best players. Tester.

Arsenal force a corner - Mo Salah scored from an Arsenal corner earlier in the season of course - but nothing comes of it.

Agreed Charlie. We were discussing that before kick-off.

A vignette of what Jack Wilshere can do, beautiful one-two after winning the tackle and sending the team from box-to-box but Alexandre Lacazette eventually loses it.

Jermaine Jenas
Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

You have two managers that want to play on the front foot, go and entertain.

Arsenal seem like they want to isolate Dejan Lovren or Ragnar Klavan on the ball. That's where they see the mistakes - I think we'll see a lot more of that.

Still a few empty seats on the far side, maybe a few transport troubles on Mad Friday? It's a hectic start to the game, misplaced passes and touches all over the place.

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Arsenal press hard and high right from the off, crowding Ragnar Klavan and giving up a foul. Alexis Sanchez fuming inside 20 seconds.

Away we go! The Festive Football Schedule is officially under way...