Our Liverpool Jury react to another fine win for Andoni Iraola's Reds ahead of the visit of champions Arsenal this weekend

Liverpool's pleasing progress under Andoni Iraola continued with Wednesday night's epic penalty shootout victory over Chelsea at Anfield.

The win was a fifth in a row in all competitions as Iraola's quiet revolution continues to gather pace, but the Reds will face a sterner test on Sunday when champions Arsenal come to Anfield.

Can Liverpool rise to the occasion against Mikel Arteta's men? Our Reds Jury have their say ahead of a big game where it feels like more than just the three points will be at stake.

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Rhys Buchanan

Wednesday night was the very definition of a team performance from The Reds and I was made up to see so many players of all levels getting their moment in the limelight.

It would have been very harsh on the likes of Nyoni, Koumas and Gomez to name just a few if we’d have been on the wrong end of a penalty shootout.

To see us progressing in the cup against the likes of Spurs and Chelsea is yet another marker of an impressive start to the season for the manager. We’ll all be in dreamland on Sunday if we can do what we did last season and grab three points against The Gunners.

It feels like the wind is very much in our sails after a string of wins and I think we're seeing that confidence blossom across the squad. Of course, it will be anything but easy, but I’ve been far from impressed with Arsenal this season and think we’ve got the firepower and the atmosphere to do some damage if we're at the races.

James Noble

Liverpool – and Anfield – continue to show that stern tests can bring great rewards. It’s a healthy pattern to take into the enticing visit of champions Arsenal this weekend as we look to round off this run of four home matches with a fourth success.

Having shown several sides to our game in Sunday’s diligent 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup win over Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea, via a penalty shootout, felt another valuable, and highly enjoyable, experience within Andoni Iraola’s early weeks.

There was so much to like, from Trey Nyoni’s latest authoritative midfield showing, to Giorgi Mamardashvili donning a red and white scarf following another promising display in goal. Then there was Joe Gomez, who aptly ended the evening with the captain’s armband and by scoring what proved to be the winning penalty.

The season is shaping up excitingly – December’s quarter-final against Bournemouth is set to fall within another four-game run of home matches and we’re likely to face another old friend on Wednesday, too, with Dirk Kuyt now interim boss at Fenerbahçe.

Even with injury concerns, and surely keen to respond to that stunning upset at Fleetwood Town, the Gunners are likely to represent the sternest test of this current run of four. As Liverpool and Anfield have, invigoratingly, demonstrated over these recent weeks, such occasions can be highly rewarding.