article_snippet.sent: Nevertheless, Louis van Gaal is aware of problems that have currently mounted in front of Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers since Manchester United beat His team 13 days ago and knows that defeat at Arsenal Saturday lunchtime could all but end the Merseyside club’s challenge for fourth place.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers (third right) knows defeat at Arsenal  could end The Reds top four bid .
article_snippet.sent: The Reds have fitness concerns over star striker Daniel Sturridge (right) ahead of the trip to the Emirates .
article_snippet.sent: For Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers (third right) and Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers (third right) staff, the last fortnight will have been a long one.
article_snippet.sent: Defeat is always harder to deal with - to move on from - when it is immediately followed by an international break.
article_snippet.sent: If Defeat team are to get the result his team need at Arsenal   on Saturday his team will have done very well indeed, given the absence of the suspended Martin Skrtel and Steven Gerrard and injury concerns over star striker Daniel Sturridge (right)star striker Daniel Sturridge (right).
article_snippet.sent: his team have lost one domestic game in 14 since defeat at Southampton on New Year’s Day, leaving Manuel Pellegrini’s City team looking rather vulnerable in second position as his team try to make something of a season that already has the word ‘disappointment’ written right through it.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Danny Welbeck (left) will hoping to continue Arsenal  's impressive league form .
article_snippet.sent: That is a fanciful notion and Danny Welbeck (left) knows it but Danny Welbeck (left) and