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Can Mikel Arteta and Arsenal finally crack the Anfield code?

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hoping to end his club's barren run at Anfield. The Gunners have not won there since September 2012.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hoping to end his club's barren run at Anfield. The Gunners have not won there since September 2012.

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LONDON – Another week of Premier League madness. Two more managerial sackings in Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers and the

return of Frank Lampard to Chelsea

barely two months after his Everton dismissal.

Such was the surprise at the Englishman’s comeback that few noticed him making a first return to Stamford Bridge since his January 2021 departure, to catch Tuesday’s low-quality 0-0 draw between a manager-less Chelsea and a curiously understrength Liverpool from co-owner Todd Boehly’s executive box.

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