After an International break that completed the 32-team field for the World Cup next summer in South Africa, the EPL surges back to action this weekend with an important fixture at Anfield.

That game is on ESPN in glorious high definition. Here's the entire TV schedule.

Now, on to the previews:

Liverpool vs.

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Liverpool set to make hopeful move for Croatian international.

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The news doing the rounds over the weekend involved the reported interest shown by Liverpool in our top notch striker Eduardo and for some reason the miserly sum of £10m was repeatedly mentioned, which is probably only sufficient to purchase one of his legs and not the rest of his body.

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Liverpool are ready to poach Eduardo from rivals Arsenal in a £10million deal.
The 26-year-old Croatian forward is unhappy that he has still to be offered improved terms at the Emirates.
His contract has just over 18 months to run and that has alerted Rafa Benitez, who desperately needs to strengthen his attacking options. Click to continue reading...

Time to stand up and be counted.

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is hopeful Fernando Torres will be fit, and the striker has been in light training as he recovers from a groin injury.

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Arsenal 3 (Van Persie 16, Diaby 18, Arshavin 84) Birmingham 1 (Bowyer 38)
(Premiership)

Apologies for the late nature of this blog, I'm moving house this week and having made the slightly daft decision to do it all ourselves we're a little under the cosh. Expect sporadic updates at best.

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Most of the news in today's press regarding Arsenal, is not, in fact about Arsenal, but more about the cave-men (and no doubt women and children) who are allegedly Birmingham supporters. I can't say that I heard their chant about Martin Taylor after Ridgewell had felled Theo, but the fact that Wenger felt strongly enough to brand them a disgrace means that they must have been quite loud.

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An unpredictable season took another twist this weekend as two challengers lost and another could only draw as the season really starts to take shape.

I suppose we should be thankful for the Liverpool fan who threw the inflatable ball onto the pitch for ensuring they lost at Sunderland, but from what I saw on Match of the Day on Saturday night they really don't look that threatening without Gerrard and Torres in the side.

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Very sad individuals indeed.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has slammed Birmingham's fans for chants which he describes as 'atrocious'.

Blues fans sang 'There is only one Martin Taylor' after Liam Ridgewell had slid in hard on Theo Walcott during Saturday's game at Emirates Stadium.

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Facebook is just weird funny

You really can't argue with the title. Seriously you can't so don't even try.

As Arsenal return from the 2 week break with a good win if not spectacular over Alex McLeish's Birmingham, some opposition fans chose to greet Liam Ridgewell's crunching tackle on Theo Walcott with a distasteful chant of "there's only one Martin Taylor".

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Speaking to many of my friends, there was the suggestion that Birmingham were no real enemy and Saturday's match was just a routine three points. Not for me.
Birmingham are the masters of PR management. It is easy to forget that it wasn't just Eduardo's injury that went against Arsenal on that fateful day at St. Click to continue reading...

I am sleepy this morning. And possibly a bit grumpy. I share no other traits with the rest of the seven dwarves though. No, not even dopey.

Speaking of dopey how about those Birmingham fans? During the game on Saturday they sang 'There's only one Martin Taylor', to laud the man who broke Eduardo's leg.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Real Madrid usually get their man when they come calling but not if the man in question is Arsene Wenger. This morning's Sun tells us that AW has revealed he turned down big bucks from Madrid because he wants to win the Champions League with the glorious Gunners.

And he admitted: "If we don't win a trophy in the next two years, it'll be my fault.

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By CARL ELDRIDGE Brainless Liam Ridgewell must have watched re-runs of his Birmingham City team-mate Martin Taylor's leg-breaking assault on Eduardo as preparation for his miserable side's visit to Arsenal yesterday.

That is the only conclusion I can make after watching him cut through poor Theo Walcott in a thuggish attempt to bully the speedster out of the game.

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A lot has been said about today's meeting with Birmingham being the first since that fateful day Eduardo had his leg shattered by Martin Taylor. Some say we owe them a hammering, which is true from the point of view that we threw away three points after playing against ten men for 87 minutes, but less so for the 'tackle' itself.

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by CARL EDLRIDGE Arsene Wenger has spoken about one of the most traumatic games in his career in this morning's Sun, saying: "I feared Eduardo would never play again."

The redtop points out that Arsenal host Birmingham today, their first meeting since the St Andrew's draw that wrecked the Gunners' 2007-08 title hopes.

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Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish insists the infamous Eduardo leg break incident is long forgotten, as the Blues prepare to meet Arsenal on Saturday some 20 months after the incident at St Andrews.
Martin Taylor's horror tackle on Eduardo left the Croatian forward with a broken left fibula and an open dislocation of his left ankle. Click to continue reading...

Which Gallas will show up?

Today see the visit of Birmingham to Ashburton Grove. The incident 2 seasons ago at St. Andrew's will no doubt still rankles in the mind of all Arsenal fans. The Eduardo broken leg incident brought about sad memories of that particular season. First for the bad injury that the Brazilian suffered at the hand (or legs) of Martin Taylor but more importantly, it was the start of which Arsenal lost the impetus for the Premier League title.

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Birmingham

Position: 14th, 2-5-1 (7 points, -3 goal differential)

Recent Form: LLWLL

Away Form: 1-0-3

Last Meeting: Birmingham 2-Arsenal 2 (2/23/08)

How can two weeks seem like such a long time?

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Good Afternoon everyone!

Sorry, for not being able to blog earlier, but I've had one of those maddeningly busy days where time's just flown by. Today's also the last day that I post as my good mate The Goon shall be back tomorrow to carry on running the fine blog as he has been doing so since over a year.

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Not as easy a game as many would have you believe.

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The two protagonists of the last meeting between these clubs Arsenal's Eduardo and Birmingham defender Martin Taylor both miss out through injury.

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Right then, here go back into the thick of it. We've got football tomorrow and this is good. A home game against Birmingham is a relatively nice way to get things going again after the Interlull and there's some early team news.

Eduardo misses out on the chance for revenge against Birmingham as he remains out with his thigh injury.

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It is over.

There are those who claim the Interlull only truly ends when the real football begins but I consider it done and dusted once the internationals are complete. And so they were last night. I know Andrei Arshavin scored for Russia, and Aaron Ramsey's back held up enough for him to score for Wales, but in terms of the rest our lads involvement last night I am clueless.

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As the international week goes on, its time for me to look ahead to this weekends fixture at home to Birmingham. One which I would usually refer to as "run of the mill" where by it doesn't really excite me when I get up on Saturday morning to head off to the game.Â

I'm sure most people can relate that once you've been going "Up the Arse" for a period of time, not every game is that exciting anymore and these sorts of games help fill the gaps between the big matches.

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This week Arsenal play yet another club whose ownership is unknown. It is the club of Martin Taylor. It is an evil entity owned by Grandtop International Holdings, who are owned by....  Well what a surprise. We don't know of course because they are all registered in the British Virgin Islands. Click to continue reading...

Ted Harwood is a regular guest contributor to Arsenal Station. He lives in Chicago, IL, and has been an Arsenal supporter for the better part of a decade. Here, he follows-up on yesterday's Arsene Wenger-anniversary post. He also writes about movies, music, and other cultural artifacts on his blog, Running Downhill. Click to continue reading...

It is with little fanfare that our Champions League campaign kicks off this season, which is somewhat misguided since tonight's match is perhaps the toughest in the group.

And as Standard Liege's first foray into the competition, everyone connected with the club players and fans alike will be up for this one like no other.

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A great majority of the football world has grown used to laughing off Arsene Wenger's dramatic remarks over major incidents in recent years. This is precisely why the Arsenal manager was largely ignored when he labeled the accusations over Gunners striker Eduardo's recent "dive" against Celtic as a "witch-hunt".

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Well, it looks as if Lee Bowyer has upset the Croatian Football Association. Following Bowyer's tackle on Luka Modric during the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham City on Saturday, which resulted in a broken leg for the Croatian international, the president of Hrvatski Nogometni Savez (the Croatian Football Federation), Vlatko Markovic, has concluded that there is a conspiracy amongst English clubs to injure Croatian players.

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A sickening tackle on Eduardo more than 18 months ago leaves him a doorstep from a permanent end to his career.

Clips of his mangled ankle with the bone protruding out is replayed again and again, evoking a visceral reaction of horror and disgust that fails to lessen in intensity each time its shown.

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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. EDUARDO Ahem. I hope you're reading this, Eduardo. What you did in the match on Wednesday wasn't very nice. Diving is not a very nice thing to do, Eduardo. Especially in a game of that magnitude.

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For you night owls and West Coasters, here is video footage of the dive everybody's talking about. It's Arsenal striker Eduardo doing his best Greg Louganis in Arsenal's UEFA Champions League victory vs. Celtic on Wednesday:

(If this video clip is pulled, you can probably find the clip pretty easily)

Is that the worst dive you've seen in a while?

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For you night owls and West Coasters, here is video footage of the dive everybody's talking about. It's Arsenal striker Eduardo doing his best Greg Louganis in Arsenal's UEFA Champions League victory vs. Celtic on Wednesday:

(If this video clip is pulled, you can probably find the clip pretty easily)

Is that the worst dive you've seen in a while?

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I think the first thing that needs to be said about yesterday's result is how much we clearly missed Adebayor and Toure. It might have been eight with them and you know goal difference might just be the difference between winning and losing this league. Wenger out.

But seriously, what a way to start the season.

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Here we go!

Man Utd have defensive problems despite Wes Brown's recovery from a thigh problem, with Jonny Evans doubtful and Nemanja Vidic and Rafael ruled out.
Ben Foster (knee) or Tomasz Kuszczak will deputise for Edwin van der Sar, while Nani (shoulder) could feature after playing for Portugal in midweek.

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Punishment should fit the crime.

The FA will consider the severity of injuries caused by rash tackles when dealing with suspensions for red card offences next season.

The governing body say they will reduce or increase the length of bans depending on a number of factors which include the intent shown by the tackler, the force of the challenge and any subsequent injury.

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