It’s been a long time since Liverpool tasted defeat, but it was another London club that added an ‘L’ to their name again this season. Given the controversial nature of the defeat to Tottenham, Jurgen Klopp may have to go back to last season where his players made mistakes and did not look like themselves.
Gabriel Martinelli’s goal was the result of a misunderstanding between Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk on the edge of Liverpool’s penalty area, which the Arsenal man happily acknowledged. Michael Owen and Ian Wright were to blame for the man between the sticks at that point. That’s because he should have gone out and cleared the ball, they told Premier League Productions.
In the end, neither player did more than drop the ball and Gabriel Martinelli saw the ball go into an open net to put the hosts back in front. Liverpool weren’t at their best at the Emirates but they were still level after an hour and had every chance to get something out of the game.
At that point, Arsenal had an opportunity, and in extra time they brought on substitute Leandro Trossard and managed to score. Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk swapped. “This shouldn’t be happening, it’s definitely wrong,” Owen said. “I thought it was Alisson’s fault. If you had to pick a player. “Look, you can both criticize in different ways.
I think Virgil van Dijk can provide that leadership. He was able to control it and jumped.“If Alisson stays in his line after that, he will be in complete control. It’s under control. He is satisfied with one. Stronger and faster. He’s in the gate and completely under control, but don’t go out and leave him alone.
Then Alisson comes out and the halves collide and neither of them touch her. So I think Alisson’s fault is bigger than Van Dijk’s.”If Alisson doesn’t come, Gabriel Martinelli can’t be on Virgil’s left,” added Wright. It’s impossible for him to get here, but when I saw Alisson there and pushed a bit, it all fell apart.
“He needed more contact from the goalkeeper.””Liverpool” opens the door to the title for ArsenalLiverpool had a late performance against Arsenal in the recent FA Cup and the home supporters would have feared the worst would happen again.
Mikel Arteta’s men were undoubtedly the better side, but the scoreline was very different before that mistake.Liverpool would have liked to keep it that way, but it was Alisson and Van Dijk who opened the door to victory. It’s all getting very interesting now and has cut Liverpool’s lead at the top to just two points.
