Good evening and welcome to live coverage of Liverpool versus Arsenal in the Premier League. Team news from Anfield will follow shortly.

Arsenal can't do much here beyond trying to clear the ball long out of defence, and it's playing right into the hands of Liverpool. Arteta's team are committed to playing out from the back, but it's been a bit wayward a few times already between Leno and his defenders.

GOOD SAVE! Alexander-Arnold whips a lovely low ball in to the six-yard box. Mane arrives at speed to connect with a half-volley, but it's straight at Leno who parries the ball to safety.

Lacazette tries to slide a ball down the inside left channel to Maitland-Niles, but Gomez gets across to snuff out the danger.

Liverpool cut through for the first time, as a lovely angled ball from Keita releases Robertson into the penalty area on the left. Robertson drills across but it's blocked behind for a corner. From that, the ball breaks to Alexander-Arnold, who picks out a superb cross to Van Dijk at the back post. He heads it across goal and Luiz has to nod it behind for a corner.

Arsenal are holding a good shape here, and not giving Liverpool any gaps to play through.

Fabinho bundles over Lacazette 30 yards from Liverpool's goal, but for some reason Pawson doesn't see that as a free kick to Arsenal. Bizarre decision, and Liverpool break.

All Liverpool so far, and there's an electric pace to this. Imagine it in a full Anfield. Lots of sharp, one-touch stuff from the home side, all inside the Arsenal half, but not yet troubling the penalty area.

Mane, who has already fouled Bellerin, catches Tierney in the face as he leans in with his forearm. It's a yellow card, and I think he's a bit lucky there that it's nothing more than that.

We're underway at Anfield.

The players take the knee before kick-off; black lives matter.

We’re almost ready to go at Anfield. Your referee for the high jinks tonight is Craig Pawson.

I think we've got the most intriguing fixture of the Premier League so far here tonight. It's not so much what we might learn about Liverpool, but what might be revealed about Arsenal. It's undoubtedly going in the right direction under Arteta, but where are they in relation to the best team in the league?

A quick recap on the state of play in the Premier League; Leicester City and Everton have made perfect starts, winning three out of three so far and with the former in top of the table on goal difference. Liverpool and Arsenal have won two out of two respectively, so if we get a winner here tonight they'll vault up to nine points too.

These two clubs have faced each other 230 times on all competitions. Liverpool have the edge historically, with 89 victories to 80 and 61 draws. Perhaps more pertinently Arsenal have come out on top in the last two – a 2-1 victory at the Emirates in July and then winning the Community Shield on penalties at Wembley last month. In the Premier League, Arsenal haven’t won at Anfield in their last eight visits.

In the build-up to this match, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta stressed the need for his team to adapt if they’re going to get a result at Anfield. There’s a level of ambition in his fledgling reign that has been buoyed by recent results; they won the FA Cup and the Community Shield in October and have maximum points from their two Premier League games so far. The latter of those victories, at home to West Ham last week, showcased the adaptability Arteta is looking for; Arsenal didn’t play brilliantly, but hung in there to manufacture a late winner in a game where more recent iterations of Arsenal might have listlessly slid to defeat.

The champions have made a perfect start to the defence of their title, beating Leeds United and Chelsea in their opening two games. That said, it hasn’t been imperious; it took a clumsily conceded late penalty to sort out Leeds 4-3 on the opening weekend and their victory at Stamford Bridge was only secured after Chelsea were reduced to ten men for the entirety of the second half. Banking three points without being in top gear however is the calling card of the very best teams; when Liverpool do hit full stride this season, look out.

Arsenal keep the 3-4-3 they used against West Ham last week, but there are four changes in personnel. Kieran Tierney is fit again and takes the place of Sead Kolasinac on the left of the back three, while David Luiz takes the place of Gabriel in the centre. Mohamed Elneny is preferred to Dani Ceballos in centre of midfield, while Ashley Maitland-Niles takes the place of Bukayo Saka on the left.

Just one change for Liverpool as Joe Gomez returns at centre-back and Fabinho, who performed that role so well at Stamford Bridge, moves into midfield as Jordan Henderson drops out. Thiago Alcantara is not available tonight due to fitness issues but there’s a place for Diogo Jota, Liverpool’s other recent signing, on the bench.

And your visitors, the Arsenal:

Some teams, then. Your cordial hosts, Liverpool:

There are few fixtures in English football with a history as rich in drama as this one. To name but three examples from Anfield, Michael Thomas prising the league title away from Liverpool when it was up for grabs in 1989; Robbie Fowler in his mischievous pomp, scoring the fastest ever Premier League hat-trick in four minutes and 33 seconds in 1994; and that rollicking 4-4 draw in 2009, where Andriy Arshavin scored all four of Arsenal’s goals.