Virgil van Dijk's slump in form has played a major role in Liverpool's collapse from the team that came close to an unprecedented quadruple last season to mid-table mediocrity. It took just eight minutes for the visitors to make the breakthrough as Bukayo Saka surged through the Liverpool defence and the ball broke kindly for Martinelli to prod past Alisson Becker.
The match will also live long in the memory for a remarkable incident just after the half-time whistle when assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis thrust an elbow into the face of Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson.Īrsenal remain without an away league win to Liverpool since 2012 as they stumbled over one of the major hurdles between them and the title despite a perfect start.
We gave every ball away, allowed big spaces and big transition moments to the best team in the world in this." "The big lesson is we didn't play the way we did the first half. "We missed that ruthlessness to take the game," said Arteta. Jurgen Klopp's men then missed a series of chances to complete the comeback as Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale salvaged a point for his side. Salah missed a second-half penalty before Roberto Firmino headed in the equaliser three minutes from time. Goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus appeared to have Arsenal cruising towards an eighth consecutive league win.īut Mohamed Salah pulled a goal back before half-time to spark a Liverpool fightback. City have a game in hand and host the Gunners at the Etihad later this month.
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