Liverpool have a greater likelihood of winning the Champions League than Arsenal, believes a person who played for each clubs, Jermaine Pennant.
The Gunners are having an ideal European campaign up to now, sitting top of the group stage table, with seven wins from seven games.
Mikel Arteta’s side beat Inter Milan 3-1 within the San Siro on Tuesday night, with no team scoring greater than their 20 goals in seven matches and with just two conceded they boast comfortably the most effective defence within the competition.
Liverpool have also been going well within the Champions League, with a 3-0 win in Marseille on Wednesday leaving the Reds fourth within the table with one group stage match to play.
There isn’t any query that Arsenal are having fun with a greater season than Liverpool, each in Europe and likewise sitting 14 points ahead of the Reds within the Premier League.
Pennant has a sense for Arne Slot’s men within the Champions League, though, believing they might get the higher of the Gunners over two legs.
He also reckons their history as European champions on six occasions, in comparison with Arsenal’s lack of success, gives them an edge.
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‘Liverpool are higher within the Champions League,’ Pennant told talkSPORT ‘They’ve got the pedigree, got the know-how and I feel they may do lots higher this season within the Champions League than they might do within the Premier League. 100 per cent.’
Asked if he thinks Liverpool have a greater likelihood than Arsenal within the Champions League, he said: ‘Yeah. I genuinely do, because Liverpool are six-time Champions League winners. They’ve got the pedigree, they know what it’s to get there to win it.
‘Over a two-legged game I feel Liverpool would beat Arsenal.
‘Over a two-legged game I feel Liverpool would go to Emirates, stink it out, come back to Anfield and in the event that they can get Anfield rocking on a Wednesday Champions League night, it’s a horrible place to go. We’ve seen what Arsenal do once they go to Anfield.’
On Arsenal’s perfect record within the Champions League this season, Pennant identified that Liverpool enjoyed an excellent group stage in last yr’s competition, only to be beaten by PSG within the last 16.
‘Liverpool won every game bar one and so they were top of the league, then they played PSG who were twenty second and went on to win it,’ he said.
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‘Coming top within the Champions League without delay means nothing, it’s whenever you come face-to-face over a two-legged period.’
The ultimate group stage matches are played next Wednesday, with Arsenal hosting Kairat as they give the impression of being to maintain their perfect record intact.
Liverpool need a result to ensure their place in the highest eight and avoid the play-offs, hosting Qarabag and searching for a win to secure their spot within the knockout stages.
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