Arsenal: Mesut Ozil silenced Liverpool fans with Bergkamp-like touch in 2016 | OneFootball

Arsenal will be hoping to silence Liverpool fans when they welcome the FA Cup and Carabao Cup holders to Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners came into the weekend’s action sitting top of the Premier League table having already dispatched Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Bournemouth, Fulham, Aston Villa, Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur.

However, now they face arguably their toughest clash of the season so far in a meeting with Liverpool that could either confirm them as legitimate title contenders or send them crashing back down to earth.

History of Arsenal vs Liverpool

And Gooners are very wary of the latter possibility due to the fact that they've struggled so badly against Jurgen Klopp's men - with a couple of exceptions - over the last few seasons.

There have been plenty of times where the north London club have put in a spirited display against the Merseyside club, only for goals from the likes of Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota to stop them dead in their tracks and open the floodgates.

As true as that might be, however, it's not to say that there hasn't been notable moments where the shoe has been on the other foot and Arsenal have silenced their rivals from the north-west.

Liverpool 3-3 Arsenal in 2016

Take, for example, Klopp's first ever game against Arsenal as Reds coach when it took a last-gasp equaliser from Joe Allen to prevent Arsene Wenger's men from winning 3-2 in front of the Kop.

A stunning brace from Olivier Giroud had seen the Gunners fight back from 2-1 down to come within a nose hair of securing their first Premier League win on the road at Liverpool since 2012.

And while the victory ultimately never came to pass, there was one particularly special moment from Mesut Ozil during the thrilling 3-3 draw that literally silenced Anfield for a split-second.

When Ozil silenced Anfield in 2015/16

That's because the World Cup winner produced a touch so extraordinarily deft and nonchalant that the typically full-voiced home support of Liverpool all took in a collective gasp as they registered what they'd just seen.

You know it's something special when thousands of supporters literally stop in their tracks when it happens, never mind when it's not even a goal, shot, penalty appeal or anything of that nature.

No, such was the Dennis Bergkamp-like poise of the move that all Ozil needed was a first touch to get the Liverpool fans eating out of his hands, so be sure to check out the brilliant moment below:

Ozil really was something else on his day, wasn't he?

Ozil putting Liverpool fans under his spell

To kill the ball dead on your boot while rotating is truly a gorgeous sight to behold and that's especially the case when it's complimented by an audible rollercoaster of emotions from the fans.

The initial passionate roars as Emre Can loses the ball with Liverpool trailing 3-2; the split-second silence as Ozil executes the touch and then the collective gasp as everyone realises what just happened.

And for the Arsenal wizard to then whip in a stunning ball that Simon Mignolet had to intercept in order to stop it reaching Aaron Ramsey, well that was just the icing on the cake.

So although it might not have led to a goal, the fact that Anfield fell silence for that briefest of moments goes to show that they're not only one of the best crowds in all of football but that they know a baller when they see one too.

Klopp and co will just have to hope that the away support aren't similarly spellbound this weekend.