Heroes of Arsenal v Liverpool clashes in the Premier League era

Ahead of the Premier League clash between Arsenal (odds-on 5/6 favourites) and Liverpool (3/1), Coral writers pick out six stand-out stars from past meetings that have caused their opponents trouble in the modern era.

Robbie Fowler – Hat-trick in successive seasons (1994/95 and 1995/96)
Liverpool youth graduate Fowler scored 11 goals against Arsenal for his boyhood club, with six of them coming early in his career in consecutive campaigns at Anfield.

The first treble came in August, 1994, in a 3-0 win, which was incidentally the fastest Premier League hat-trick in history, while the second was over a year later just before Christmas, with the Reds being 3-1 victors.

Watch Fowler’s record-breaking four minutes and 35 seconds of brilliance…

Thierry Henry – Hat-trick in 4-2 win at Highbury (2003/04)
During Arsenal’s Invincibles season, Liverpool threatened to break the Gunners unbeaten league record on Good Friday in early April, as they twice held the lead.

However, Henry made sure his side got back on track, after going out of both the Champions league and FA Cup the previous week, by hitting a terrific treble.

Relive the action…

Julio Baptista – Four-goal haul in 6-3 League Cup triumph (2006/07)
Big Brazilian Baptista was largely a flop for Arsenal during his season-long spell from Real Madrid, but he did enjoy playing in the League Cup, netting six times in the competition.

Four of those goals for the man nicknamed ‘the Beast’ came in the quarter-final against Liverpool in a classic encounter.