LIVERPOOL have raced into a two-goal lead at the Emirates in a dominant display at Arsenal.
Diogo Jota opened the scoring with a header from a sublime Trent Alexander-Arnold cross before Mo Salah made it 2-0 with a close-range finish.
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THAT’s ALL FOR TONIGHT
Liverpool are starting to look like the Liverpool of last season and they’re well in the hunt for a top four spot.
Arsenal, on the other hand, looked lazy and lacked fight.
Arteta’s men remain seven points off Liverpool and West Ham.
Still plenty of Premier League footy to come this weekend with Newcastle taking on Tottenham tomorrow, with coverage here at SunSport getting underway around 12:30PM.
Goodnight!
RED LETTER DAY
ALL of a sudden, Liverpool are starting to look like Liverpool again.
They pressed like Liverpool, bullied like Liverpool, dominated like Liverpool and, eventually scored like Liverpool.
Arsenal? Well they were an all-too-familiar Arsenal – timid, lazy, shoddy, hopeless.
But suddenly the door to Champions League qualification has swung open for the fallen champions.
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JOTA’s THOUGHTS
Two goal hero Diogo Jota told Sky Sports: “Very important, I said last game to think about higher spots in the table we need to do our job, to win every game until the end.
“It’s very hard to win the Premier League. Today we did our job, let’s go to the next one. [On Alexander-Arnold assist] Unreal.
“Not just him, we have very good crosses in the team. We need to take advantage.
“It doesn’t matter if you start or are on the bench, you have to make an impact. That’s what I try to do always.
“I was expecting a bit more possession from Arsenal, we pressed really well and controlled the game. Another clean sheet, everyone is working hard.
“Now we have a hard game against Real [Madrid].”
SECOND HALF GOALS
Liverpool scored three wonderful second half goals.
Jota met Alexander-Arnold’s wonderful cross to break the deadlock.
Salah grabbed Liverpool’s second, riding the challenge of Gabriel and firing low past Leno.
That’s 18 league goals for Salah this season.
And finally, Jota got his second goal off the bench finishing off a well-worked Liverpool attack.
DIOGOOOOALLL
Jota is going to be some player.
CARRAGHER’s ASSESSMENT
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has a new nickname for star Diogo Jota!
FULL-TIME STATS
Liverpool were ruthless in the second half and were rewarded for their dominating performance.
FT: ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
Liverpool needed to be more ruthless in the second half and more ruthless they were indeed!
Jota came on in the 61st minute and made an instant impact.
The Portugal international opened the scoring on the 64 minute mark, peeling off the back of Holding and heading past Leno.
Salah doubled the lead for Liverpool shortly after, skipping away from Gabriel and finishing low past the Arsenal keeper.
And finally, Jota got his second and Liverpool’s third late on, finishing off a well worked move down the right-hand side.
Liverpool are now within one of 4th place Chelsea and level on points with West Ham, but take 5th spot on goal difference.
The Hammers play wolves on Monday.
PEEEEEP!
THE FULL-TIME WHISTLE GOES AT THE EMIRATES!
LIVERPOOL TAKE HOME THE THREE POINTS!
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
90+2. CHANCE!
Alexander-Arnold delivers a beautiful cross into Arsenal’s penalty area from a free-kick.
Mane connects with his head but fails to direct his effort past Leno to score Liverpool’s fourth!
Liverpool have ran riot in the second half.
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
90. Four minutes to be added on.
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
89. Gary Neville on Sky commentary gives Fabinho man-of-the-match and rightly so.
He’s been absolutely fantastic tonight.
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
87. Liverpool continuing to hold onto the ball inside the final few minutes.
A clean sheet would be the cherry on top for Jurgen Klopp’s team!
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
85. Liverpool are knocking the ball around with absolute confidence. We haven’t seen them play like this for some time.
A much-needed confidence boost in the race for the top four.
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
83. SUBSTITUTION!
Kabak makes way for Williams.
ARSENAL 0-3 LIVERPOOL
81. Gabriel passes the ball to Alexander-Arnold and the right-back quickly plays the ball into Salah.
The goal-scorer plays a low ball into the box, Mane spins and lays the ball into the path of Jota who thumps Liverpool’s third home!
Jota has two and the three points are secured for Liverpool.
As soon as the Portugal international comes onto the pitch, Liverpool score three. Coincidence? I think not.
Credit: Getty Images GOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!
JOTA SCORES ANOTHER!!!
LIVERPOOL ADD ANOTHER!!!
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
80. On a side note, a clean sheet could do Kabak and Phillips the world of good!
The young defensive pairing have done well to keep Arsenal’s pace frontline quiet.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
78. Liverpool are cruising towards three valuable points.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
76. SUBSTITUTION!
Aubameyang is pulled off mainly as a precaution ahead of their Europa League clash.
And Martinelli is on in his place.
And for Liverpool, Firmino makes way for Wijnaldum – offering some support in the midfield to see out the win.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
75. Elneny manages to escape a booking after pulling Jota back from behind.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
73. CHANCE!
Firmino turns and floats the ball over the top of Arsenal’s backline for Salah to get onto.
The goal-scorer gets a shot off on goal but Leno saves well!
Liverpool are searching for a third.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
72. Jota steps across Partey and concedes a free-kick.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
70. Liverpool are delivering the killer blow that they failed to do in the first half.
Klopp’s men look ruthless in front of goal!
As it stands, Liverpool will climb up to 5th edging out West Ham on goal difference and they’ll be one point behind 4th place Chelsea.
ARSENAL 0-2 LIVERPOOL
68. Fabinho plays a lovely, early ball in behind Arsenal’s backline for Salah to run onto.
Salah slows down and allows Gabriel to go sliding right past him before finishing low past Leno!
Liverpool double their lead in a matter of minutes.
And Salah has scored his 93rd league goal in 150 appearances! Insane record from one of the Premier Leagues greats!
Only Alan Shearer, Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero and Ruud van Nistelrooy have scored more goals in their first 150 games.
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