Arsenal must plug some leaks at top

£ JUST as Liverpool are fixing up their home, Arsenal apparently need to be fixing a hole where the rain gets in, as a group of Merseysiders once sang. The Gunners accounts showed they were forced to spend £3.1m on a leaky roof last year — but it seems they will now need to splash out more.

As our picture shows, an ongoing problem allowed water to pour in and drench fans at last Sunday’s match against Crystal Palace, forcing them to be moved.

It seems the stadium, opened in 2006, is starting to show its age — and has joined Old Trafford on the list of leaky Premier League stadiums. Manchester United even commissioned a leaks inspector to their decrepit home last year to look into water pouring through its roof.

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LIVERPOOL may see the capacity of Anfield reduced if owners FSG decide to refurbish the famous stadium any further.

The club is set to open an expanded Anfield Road End stand in time for next season, with the new £80m development taking Anfield’s capacity to 61,000 — the fourth largest in the Premier League.