Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool: Five talking points

Having been in the lead during a goalless first half in North London, Jürgen Klopp’s team turned the screw after the break and secured maximum points when a Diogo Jota double from the bench spliced ​​a Mohamed goal. Salah.

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Keep the momentum going

Liverpool picked up right where they left off after 19 days without a game to add three wins and three clean sheets in a row.

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It was an authoritative and confident display from the very first kick and a host of excellent individual performances from Klopp’s men.

The Reds racked up 16 shots on goal (seven on goal) to the hosts’ three and enjoyed a team’s 64.2 percent home possession in a four-game unbeaten streak in the league.

“We were really in charge of the game, we were dominant, we played good football against the Arsenal lineup with all this counter attack threat.” Klopp said.

“The most important thing in defense was how our counterattack was, and that was absolutely exceptional and it was very important.

“So, we remove that quality with the counter-press, obviously we don’t use our opportunities. [in the] first half, but we knew we had to keep going, we have to do some little things even better in the second half [which] We tried to show it to the guys at halftime. “

The result ensured that the positivity generated by previous victories over RB Leipzig and Wolverhampton Wanderers was not lost in the unusually long gap in the match schedule.

Jota’s instant impact

Portuguese striker Jota, fresh off three goals for the national team, had only been in the Emirates field for three minutes when he opened the game for his team.

With Liverpool still looking to translate their dominance on the scoreboard, the No. 20 faced the fierce delivery of Trent Alexander-Arnold from the right side with a header powerful enough to elude Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s grip.

It was the kickoff for an 18-minute stretch with three goals for the visitors, with Jota finishing off the crucial period with his second of the night.

Salah’s push towards Sadio Mane inside the area rolled favorably towards the arrival of Jota, who sent an unerring first shot to the net for his twelfth club goal of the season.

“It doesn’t matter if you start in the starting eleven or on the bench,” he said after the game. “You need to be prepared to make an impact. That is what I did today and that is what I always want to do ”.

Sublime Salah |

Saturday’s clash marked the milestone of 150 Premier League appearances for Salah, who naturally scored it with a goal.

It was also exquisite, as the Egyptian enhanced Gabriel to pick up Fabinho’s delightfully twisted pass from behind before calmly placing his shot between Leno’s legs from close range with his right foot.

He increased Salah’s count in the competition to 93, with 91 of those scored for the Reds.

Now once again leading the way in the race for the Golden Boot, his 18th goal in the 2020-21 league placed him one ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane.

Salah could still finish this season in the club’s top 10 all-time scorers. With eight Premier League games and at least two to come in the Champions League, he would need 11 more strikes to get past Sam Raybould.

A new best at Arsenal

This victory came by the largest margin Liverpool has achieved in a top-flight away game at Arsenal.

His first win at the Emirates since the thriller 4-3 on opening day of 2016-17, he completed a league double over Mikel Arteta’s Gunners this season.

Klopp’s formidable Premier League record against North Londoners was extended to just one loss in 11 games, with seven wins and three draws.

The Reds have looted 33 goals in those encounters with the German.

Reds in hot pursuit

Liverpool finished the day two points behind the top four.

Chelsea’s 5-2 loss at home to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday offered the Reds a chance to narrow the gap to a Champions League qualifying spot, and they took it with enthusiasm.

Klopp’s men rose to fifth place as a result of their victory at Arsenal, ahead of the remaining Premier League matches on Sunday and Monday.

“In our situation it is clear, with all the things that happened to us in the past this season, [they] It put us in a position where we don’t have it in our hands, ”said the boss.

“We have to win our games and someone else has to lose because we no longer play most of them, but we have to put pressure on them and that’s what we did tonight with the result.”

They will continue their chase next Saturday when Aston Villa visits Anfield.