Arsenal: Mesut Ozil silenced Liverpool fans with Bergkamp-like touch in 2016

Arsenal will be hoping to silence Liverpool fans when they welcome the FA Cup and Carabao Cup holders to Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners came into the weekend’s action sitting top of the Premier League table having already dispatched Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Bournemouth, Fulham, Aston Villa, Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur.

However, now they face arguably their toughest clash of the season so far in a meeting with Liverpool that could either confirm them as legitimate title contenders or send them crashing back down to earth.

And Gooners are very wary of the latter possibility due to the fact that they’ve struggled so badly against Jurgen Klopp’s men – with a couple of exceptions – over the last few seasons.

There have been plenty of times where the north London club have put in a spirited display against the Merseyside club, only for goals from the likes of Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota to stop them dead in their tracks and open the floodgates.

As true as that might be, however, it’s not to say that there hasn’t been notable moments where the shoe has been on the other foot and Arsenal have silenced their rivals from the north-west.

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Take, for example, Klopp’s first ever game against Arsenal as Reds coach when it took a last-gasp equaliser from Joe Allen to prevent Arsene Wenger’s men from winning 3-2 in front of the Kop.

A stunning brace from Olivier Giroud had seen the Gunners fight back from 2-1 down to come within a nose hair of securing their first Premier League win on the road at Liverpool since 2012.

And while the victory ultimately never came to pass, there was one particularly special moment from Mesut Ozil during the thrilling 3-3 draw that