Liverpool suffered their second Premier League defeat of the season after losing 3-1 to rivals Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool’s unbeaten run ended on Sunday as Arsenal closed the gap on the Premier League leaders to two points. Jurgen Klopp, meaning Viril van Diek and Alisson Becker were rare for Arsenal.
1-1 Gabriel Martinelli cleaned a strong hack to clean the long ball before knowing the license pages 1-1. Liverpool are without key figures Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai at the Emirates due to injury.
Additionally, Connor Bradley was unable to attend the game due to the death of his father. There was one positive though, with Thiago Alcantara making his long-awaited return from injury and now hoping to play a key role in the competition. Liverpool play Burnley at Anfield on Saturday before traveling to Brentford.
The focus is now on that game, but few have seen Liverpool lose as much as they did in north London. Many British media outlets reviewed the game and expressed their feelings about the loss.
Virgil van Dijk was the latest Liverpool player to leave the pitch on Sunday with a swollen head and a swollen face. His face was mostly one of disappointment, but there was also a hint of confusion. You can see the question at the beginning. What happened? What have I done?
Wang dies asked the same question 30 minutes ago. The Liverpool captain watched in amazement as footage of Gabriel Martinelli’s goal was replayed on the big screen at the Emirates Stadium before play resumed.“Every time the replay showed Martinelli’s shot going into the empty net, the crowd cheered and with every scream you could just tell a part of Van Dijk was shaking.
It wasn’t the kind of goal he was used to, especially this season, and the afternoon was only going to get worse for him and his defensive partner.Van Dijk, Alisson Becker, Ibrahima Konate. Before the trip to north London, the three players were the strongest defensive column in the division.
Liverpool arrived at the Emirates with the best defensive record in the Premier League. Alisson is known as the best goalkeeper in the league and Van Dijk is known as the best central defender.”Jurgen Klopp’s team may have suffered because of one of the players who was there that night.
They could even beat both of them when they were in trouble. But all three? “Not even a seemingly unstoppable Liverpool side can handle such a sudden collapse.
“Henry Winter – Times”
Liverpool created a defensive disaster, the amazing and very rare combination of Alisson and Van Dijk, but that was not the only reason for Liverpool’s downfall. Arsenal said the same. They crushed them.” The fans also did their part. With Arsenal on an unbeaten run, Martin Keown took to the microphone before kick-off and urged fans to forget the media hype surrounding Jurgen Klopp’s farewell tour and focus on leading his side to victory.
“They looked at the songbook and felt when the team needed to improve the most and when Liverpool were in danger. They even spun scarves and eventually chose the Liverpool Choir. Manchester City also joined in from afar as they celebrated. City remain favourites, but Arsenal have been fighting for the top three so far and Aston Villa will not go down easily.
“When the final whistle blew, Arsenal celebrated as if they had taken a big step towards the title rather than securing a place among the contenders, but their joy was understandable. To give up a point would have been a disaster.” “Arsenal might not last long, but they gave themselves a chance.
“David Hytner – The Guardian
Liverpool are ahead on all four fronts after barely conceding a goal against Arsenal at Anfield on December 23. But they were only shut out here, their second league defeat of the season confirmed by Arsenal’s replacement. Leandro Trossard struck in added time to embarrass Alisson.
Trossard’s shot to the left of another substitute, Harvey Elliott, was beautiful and Van Dijk looked reluctant to shoot when it hit the goal. Trossard’s shot went just wide of Van Dijk before hitting Alisson’s leg. The nightmare of being number one is over.Jurgen Klopp gave everything he had at Arsenal, including switching Dias to right-back in the last minute and using Darwin Núñez, who only came on as a substitute, and Diogo Lotta as twin strikers.
Now his team is destroyed.”Carl Matchett – The Independent”So the question for Klopp is: was this his worst day for a while? Or is it another sign of the lack of depth that there are still so many players who have to face the brutality of a Premier League game? “Arsenal may not want to hear it, but when it comes to the Premier League title race, they and their points are a secondary concern for Sunday’s visitors. In the end, the Canaries won 3-1, two points. ” the pair. But this number is less important than the others.
