By OkayGoal
Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola revealed that Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz could make their return from injury against Arsenal this weekend.
The Reds entertain the Gunners at Anfield this Sunday, with the game set to kick off at 4.30pm GMT.
Szoboszlai has been sidelined since re-injuring his hamstring against Brentford, missing games against Villarreal, Brighton and Chelsea, while Munoz has been out since last weekend with a minor problem.
Liverpool duo could return from injury against Arsenal
“I think they have a chance [to be involved] but I don’t know for certain,” Iraola said in his pre-match press conference. “We still have two days but I think they have a chance, yes.”
The Spaniard has a good record against Arsenal, having beaten them in three of his last four encounters with them as Bournemouth manager. But he says he will have to take a different approach against them with Liverpool.
“It is true that I do have good results with Bournemouth against them but this doesn’t mean a lot,” he said.
“This is a totally different team, a different group of players in a different moment. We cannot use the same things we used with Bournemouth against Arsenal. We have to use different tools, use our players as good as we can and trust them.
“At the end it is going to be a matter of winning the duels, running more than them, winning the set-play mini-games and these sort of things you have to control against Arsenal.”
Jamie Carragher suggested during the week that Liverpool are Arsenal’s biggest challengers for the Premier League title, but Iraola believes it is too early for such discussions.
He added: “It is still October. We take one day at a time. I always say the first reference is when you’ve played against everybody once, so halfway through the season and then you can start thinking about the standings and this stuff but right now we are in a position where we need to improve and keep getting better.
“For the fans, it is good if they have expectations and think we can win but if you ask me, I still think it’s very early in the season.”
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