The Sunderland striker is set to miss at least 10 games after damaging ligaments in his right knee in a tackle with West Brom midfielder, Claudio Yacob
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Anichebe is joining Jan Kirchhoff, Jordan Pickford, Lynden Gooch, Lee Cattermole, Duncan Watmore and Paddy McNair on the sidelines
Liverpool have not won a Premier League game in 2017, drawing both their matches against Sunderland and Manchester United since the turn of the year
The Black Cats talisman has missed the last four games after damaging his hamstring in the 4-1 mauling at Burnley on New Year’s Eve
The makeshift Back Cats were hammered 4-1 at Burnley on New Year’s Eve and have little respite before Jurgen Klopp’s fearsome Reds visit the Stadium of Light on Monday
And after his Nigerian international teammate, John Mikel Obi, sealed a move to Tianjin TEDA last week, Ighalo may follow him to the Far East
The former Sweden international also helped the Red Devils remain unbeaten throughout December, winning five consecutive Premier League games
The Reds led twice as they looked for a fifth straight league victory, but two penalties from Jermain Defoe ensured that Sunderland picked up a vital draw that takes them to within one point of safety
Jordan Pickford has also joined long-term absentees Jan Kirchhoff, Duncan Watmore, Paddy McNair and Lee Cattermole as Moyes’ resources become ever more stretched
Sunderland went into the match looking for consecutive top-flight victories over United for the first time since 1951
The Wearside outfit head to Old Trafford third bottom of the Premier League, but within a point of a position of safety after four wins in seven games
Anichebe began the season as a free agent following his release by West Bromwich Albion before being snapped up by Sunderland in September
Both have now scored three in the last four matches and are on fire going into Saturday’s crucial bottom-of-the-table showdown at Swansea
Sunderland produced their best football of the season so far as they penned Leicester back for the first half-hour, albeit they were unable to make their dominance count until the second period
Anichebe was also on target in the 2-1 win at Bournemouth before the international break and his performance against Hull drew high praise from his manager, who picked him up on a free transfer in September after he failed to score for the entire of last season with West Brom
The Black Cats were forced to play more than half an hour with just 10 men after Steven Pienaar was sent off, but goals from Anichebe and Jermain Defoe cancelled out Dan Gosling’s early opener to hand David Moyes his first league win in charge of the club
David Moyes’ side are treading thin ice at the moment, currently without a win since the beginning of the season and will do well to restrict a Gunners side who have been in good form this season
The visitors took the game to their opponents, testing Saints goalkeeper Alex McCarthy for the first time in the 22nd minute when Wahbi Khazri’s shot was saved in the bottom corner
Allegations in the Daily Telegraph claimed that the former Sunderland, Bolton and West Ham boss had negotiated a £400,000 fee to help a foreign group get around FA rules to bring players to England
The Spurs are fresh off a defeat in the Champions League to French outfit AS Monaco and will be hoping to hit back in this game against the Black Cats