Premier League: Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal - 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis

#1 Liverpool throw down the Premier League gauntlet

Can Liverpool go all the way?

The Reds were denied their maiden Premier League title last term, when Manchester City pipped them by the tiniest of margins. Though Liverpool managed to triumph in the Champions League, many were left wondering what could’ve been, domestically.

After all, several even felt that they would never get a better chance to clinch the trophy that has remained painfully elusive.

Yet, three games into the new season, Liverpool seem primed to prove that notion wrong. And, after a controlled display against Arsenal, very few people would argue against it.

Liverpool personified perseverance on Saturday and kept banging at the Gunners’ door before eventually breaking it open.

The hosts were taken aback a touch by the visitors’ left-field tactics but the former portrayed its own tactical astuteness to adapt and mount a substantial challenge.

Though there were a few shaky moments defensively, the Reds never really looked in danger of getting their spotless home record blemished.

Moreover, the home side moved through the gears when the situation demanded and managed the game adroitly, thereby reducing a top four contender to minimal efforts on goal.

Ever since the inception of the Premier League, Liverpool’s inability to lay their hands on the land’s biggest prize has often become a source of despair for them and one of mockery for rival fans.

Yet, it could all change this term.

And while toppling Manchester City is certainly not going to be a cakewalk, Klopp’s charges are ensuring that they are putting the early pressure on the champions, and assertively at that.