Liverpool crushed Arsenal. They saw only blurred smudges, said Alexander-Arnold – SPORT.sk

“The Reds” have moved up to second place behind Chelsea in the table, and may be overthrown by Manchester City on Sunday, which will welcome Everton. Arsenal kept fifth, but only one point ahead of Wolverhampton.

The teams entered the match as table neighbors, but it didn’t look like it at all. In the first half, Anfield dominated the home players and especially in the second half, Arsenal came under a lot of pressure. The “gunners” only came forward sporadically. On the contrary, the people of Liverpool played with great gusto and constantly threatened.

First goal scorer Sadio Mane scored in the fifth home game in a row, followed by other goals by Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Takumi Minamino. For the Egyptian gunner, this was the eleventh accurate hit in the current season and the table of shooters is four ahead of Man. Salah also has seven assistants.

“We completely rolled over them, we only saw blurred red streaks all over the field. The second half was exceptional.” praised the right defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, who scored the first and fourth goals.

Liverpool have scored just one point in the previous two games, so coach Jürgen Klopp did not hide his joy after Saturday’s performance: “We had the match under control, we played very well and we scored good goals.”

During the duel, there was also a curious situation when the coaches of both teams received yellow cards. Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta demanded punishment for Mane, who was in a tough header fight with Takehir Tomijasum. “Sadio had a clean header, no one fouled anyone, they both got up, I thought it was clean. He’s just a physical player and it’s hard not to stand off the bench and say anything when the other side does,” said Klopp after the match.

Arteta assessed the situation with a cooler head after the meeting: “He defended his team, I defended mine. After the match, I talked to him and congratulated him. Such situations remain on the bench.”

Liverpool will play another league match on Saturday (November 27) against the thirteenth Southampton and before that they will meet the Portuguese Porto (November 24) as part of the group stage of the Champions League. Arsenal is waiting six days for Newcastle, which is on the tail of the table and is still waiting for its first win after twelve matches.