Arne Slot experiences his first taste of the Emirates atmosphere on Sunday afternoon, when his Liverpool side pit their wits against Arsenal in a Premier League blockbuster.
The Reds will open up a seven-point lead over the Gunners at the top of the Premier League table should they come up trumps on Sunday, although they have failed to beat Mikel Arteta's side in their last four top-flight meetings.
However, it has not been for the want of trying for star man Mohamed Salah, whose contract situation continues to dominate the headlines, but his exceptional record in this fixture is also worth a mention.
Here, Sports Mole takes a look at how Salah has performed against Arsenal in the past.
Mohamed Salah record vs. Arsenal
Played: 16
Wins: 8
Draws: 4
Losses: 4
Goals: 10
Assists: 2
Including his short-lived spell in a Chelsea kit, Salah has been involved in 16 competitive clashes with Arsenal and has been on the winning side on exactly half of them, helping his team prevail on eight occasions.
The Egypt international has also experienced four draws and four defeats against the Gunners, who are often powerless to quell him in the final third, as he has come up with 10 goals and two assists versus the three-time Premier League champions.
Arsenal are just one of five teams that Salah has hit double figures against alongside Manchester United (15), Tottenham Hotspur (12), West Ham United (12) and Manchester City (11), and his penchant for goals in this fixture began over a decade ago.
Indeed, Salah came off the bench to score Chelsea's sixth and final goal in their 6-0 destruction of Arsenal in March 2014 - Arsene Wenger's 1,000th game in charge, no less - and he also netted in both meetings during the 2017-18 season.
That campaign remains the last time that Salah has scored both home and away against Arsenal in a single season, but the Liverpool star has never failed to find the net against the Gunners in a top-flight term, scoring at least once in each of the last seven years.
Salah was responsible for Liverpool's only goal in their 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Anfield in the 2023-24 season, but he missed the corresponding 3-1 Emirates loss with a muscular problem later that year.
A topsy-turvy 2-2 draw in the 2022-23 season also saw Salah score the first of Liverpool's two goals in that fixture, but he was also guilty of a rare penalty miss - Jurgen Klopp looked away as he took it and did his customary fist pump before realising that the Egyptian had fluffed his lines.
Every single one of Salah's direct involvements against Arsenal has come in the Premier League; he could not contribute to Liverpool's 2020 Community Shield defeat or EFL Cup penalty shootout loss that same year, while also missing the 2021-22 EFL Cup semi-finals and 2024 FA Cup third-round win due to the Africa Cup of Nations.
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