Liverpool’s demise came from a disastrous mix-up at the back between Alisson and Virgil van Dijk, as Arsenal easily won 3-1 to close the gap at the top of the league.

Following a thrilling opening exchange of goals, Liverpool fell down after 14 minutes when Kai Havertz broke through the Reds’ defence to score a goal.

The German’s original attempt was saved by Alisson, but Bukayo Saka finished easily after receiving the rebound.

As the first half went on, Arsenal kept suffocating the Reds, and it appeared that the hosts would strike next.

Luis Diaz, however, found himself in the area as the first half was coming to an end and was able to nudge the ball towards Gabriel’s arm. Gabriel, paying homage to Martin Odegaard’s sweep in the rematch this season, palmed the ball into his own net to give Liverpool an equaliser.

Even though they began to show signs of life after the break, Gabriel Martinelli would score the simplest goal of his career due to a disastrous mix-up at the back involving two of the greatest players in the world, Virgil van Dijk and Alisson. Alisson failed to kick it, Van Dijk allowed it to bounce, and Martinelli passed it into an open net.

A farce of a goal, Liverpool’s luck would only worsen when Ibrahima Konate was sent off with only a few minutes remaining, and Leandro Trossard ended the match in injury time.

These are the player rankings we have for the match.

ALISSON (GK): 4

It was unfortunate to give up the first goal after stopping Kai Havertz’s original attempt, as Bukayo Saka was the one who scored on the rebound. He was, however, playing a little too recklessly the entire time, and it cost him when a mistake involving Van Dijk gave Arsenal the lead. Then, in injury time, saw Trossard’s attempt go between his legs, condemning the Reds to lose.

ALEXANDER-ARNOLD TRENT (RB): 5

endured a challenging beginning to the game as the wide-right, obviously filling in for Conor Bradley before untimely events took over. Found himself in a lot of problems early on against Gabriel Martinelli’s quick pace, only for Odegaard to fluff his effort later when he was mugged of the ball in a critical position. replaced.

CB: 6 IBRAHIMA KONATE

I saw Liverpool’s defenders as the Red Sea and played Havertz onside for Arsenal’s opening goal. grew stronger as the game went on, though, making a crucial challenge late in the first half to stop Martinelli’s swivel-shot attempt. After the break, they made a few more crucial stops to stop Arsenal’s breaks. With three minutes remaining, he would pick up his second yellow card, which would be the undoing of him and leave Liverpool down to ten men.

DIJK, VIRGIL (CB): 4

dragged out of place, allowing Havertz to break through and score the first goal by slicing open Liverpool’s defence. appeared unusually uneasy over the majority of the first half, and when Arsenal scored their second, he lacked conviction altogether, causing an error with Alisson that gave the Gunners a second.

Joe Gomez (LB): 6.

did a good job of deterring Saka when it appeared the winger had a clear opportunity to score. But after earning himself an early booking for a challenge that maybe didn’t need to be made, he was left walking on a narrow rope for a large portion of the game. moved to right-back upon the arrival of Andy Robertson.

(CM) ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER: 6

slipped With the exception of a few midfield robberies, Cody Gakpo played a mostly solid defensive role as Arsenal applied pressure in the first half, creating Liverpool’s first real chance of the match. Make a huge tackle to stop Havertz as he approached the goal; you could have made a mistake there.

Ryan Grover (CM): 5

Anonymous during the first part, finding it difficult to participate at all. But as the half was coming to an end, Luis Diaz dinked one over the top, sort of lending a helping hand for a very scruffy equaliser. replaced.

Jones, Curtis (CM): 6

More than any other Reds player on the pitch, he puts in a lot of effort to keep the ball. But the finished product wasn’t always present.

CODY GAKPO (RW): 5

The primary attacking danger for Liverpool in the first minutes of the match, having been inserted behind the defence by Mac Allister, missed a clear cross-goal attempt. tenacious off the ball and committed to snagging the ball. He did, however, have a rather small overall effect on the game. replaced.

JOTA DIOGO (ST): 5

absent for the first forty-five minutes, but became somewhat more noticeable after the intermission. Still, nothing very noteworthy.

LUIS DIAZ (LW): 6

barely made an appearance in the first half, but as the first forty-five minutes were coming to an end, he made the crucial move of battling for the ball and setting up Liverpool’s incredibly scrappy comeback. Bravo for his unwavering persistence. became more and more involved after the break, putting one past the goal post as Liverpool’s primary offensive line.

Harvey Elliott (Gravenberg, 58′) as a substitute: 6

brought another creative aspect to the midfield, however his contributions were mainly sporadic. Liverpool lacked a right-sided defender, therefore they were beaten down the right for the third.

NUNEZ DARWIN (GAKPO, 58′): 5

struggled to make a significant impact following his debut before launching a shot that went high and wide when he ought to have crossed the pitch. That’s when people start to take issue with his shoot-on-site policy. Ticketed for dissent.

ANDY ROBERTSON (ALEXANDER-ARNOLD, 58′): 6 Not much of a difference maker, but a few good deliveries into the box and not afraid to get his foot in.