Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 analysis: Calum Chambers remains off pace, Brendan Rodgers nearer top combo

Missing backs leave big gap

When Arsenal took the field in the soaking rain, their fans could be forgiven for a rather different form of anxiety. Their two reliable centre-backs, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny, the two foundations of their recent stability, their two FA Cup wins, their lockdown of the top four, were both absent.