Mikel Arteta's Arsenal hardly looked off to the races in his side's narrow 1-0 home victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night in the Champions League. Despite a mounting cavalry of injuries and suspension,

Mikel Arteta promised that Arsenal will "be flying" against Liverpool this weekend after admitting his side "looked tired" in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. The Gunners maintained their unbeaten start in the revamped Champions League but made hard work of the Ukrainian visitors following goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk's own goal after 29 minutes.

Bukayo Saka is facing a race against time to be available for Arsenal's clash with Liverpool and Mikel Arteta is not confident about having his forward back from injury