Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal: 5 Talking Points

2. Arsenal need to learn from Liverpool

Henderson and Can bossed the midfield today, something the Arsenal medios need to learn soon

One of the hallmarks of Liverpool’s stunning display today was the incessant pressing of the ball when not in possession. The likes of Jordan Henderson and Emre Can and later James Milner make it look ever so easy. The first Liverpool chance fell from Henderson’s pressing of the ball and the third goal was a result of Mo Salah’s “must win every ball” attitude.

In contrast, the Arsenal midfield consisting of Mesut Ozil, Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey seemed to just be lumbering around whenever they lost possession with no hunger to win the ball back at all.

Having just come off a poor defeat to Stoke, Arsenal would have expected to have a bit more fire in the belly and look to score victory today.

Unfortunately that was not to be and if they are to harbour any hopes of remaining in the reckoning for the title, Arsene Wenger and his players will have to completely reverse engineer Liverpool’s lesson today on how to boss the midfield in a football game.