Arsenal vs Liverpool: Season defining game?

This game comes at a crucial time for third placed Arsenal and fourth placed Liverpool. Both sides seem out of the title race, but Arsenal are hitting a bad patch at a rough time with the four teams directly below them steadily picking up points - a Liverpool win would move them to a couple of points behind the Gunners, and Villa, Spurs and Man City are not too far away either. Arsenal can afford to draw this, but another defeat could well signal a downward spiral that may cast Arsenal out of the top four. A draw would be no disaster for Liverpool - but they have the players to again make this a rough and tough examination for Arsenal.

Arsenal vs Liverpool; Kick Off 7:45pm 10 Feb 2010

Prediction Panel
Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf).

Dave Blackburn : 2 - 1
Chris Cox : 2 - 1
Graham Enwright : 2 - 0
Sue Gardener : 2 - 1
Chris Goodwin : 3 - 1
Paul Grech (sqf) : TBC
Colin Illingworth (sqf) : 3 - 1
Hugh Larkin (sqf) : 2 - 0
Peter Lee : 2 - 0
Don McMahon : 2 - 0
Antony Melvin (sqf) : 0 - 0
Paul O'Meara (sqf) : TBC
Dave Nash : 1 - 0
Stephen Orford (sqf) : TBC
Tony Ratton : 1 - 2
Peter Rendle : 2 - 1
Dan Taylor : 2 - 1
Andy Wakeman : 2 - 1
Isaac Williams : TBC
Mark Williams : 1 - 1

Panel Verdict
Despite recent form the panel is going with a 2-1 Arsenal win.

Home: 13; Draw: 2; Away: 1; TBC: 4.

* Do we have it right, or do you know better? Please don't bother with derisory comments on the predictions after the match - unless you also pulled us up before it!