Liverpool and Arsenal have swapped roles, plus 15 other conclusions on a cracking game that had narrative out the wazoo from 58 seconds onwards...
16 Conclusions from Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool – Martinelli > TAA, title tilts, Salah woes, Klopp out?It already looks like the only thing that can stop Arsenal winning the title is the sheer absurdity of Manchester City after the Gunners answered more serious questions with a thrilling 3-2 win over Liverpool in a Proper Game of Our League football. But what’s next for Jurgen Klopp’s side, who look a pale imitation of what they once were…1.
That’s particularly onerous because when you’re Liverpool and you’ve been as good as you have for as long as you have, you can’t really go “Tricky fixture list, though” to excuse being mid-table after a quarter of the season. But playing Arsenal and City in back-to-back games around Champions League commitments is asking an awful lot of anyone, and most of all a great side in decline and suddenly unsure of itself.
Managers, even managers with Klopp’s talents and record, have been sacked for less. Thomas Tuchel, for one.6. There’s arguably a parallel here between Klopp’s Liverpool and Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs. Clearly the level of ability and achievement is not equal, but the sense of a cycle ending, of a race run, is similar. Both teams ran out of steam after a debilitating Champions League final defeat. Both teams grew old together with inadequate recruitment for regrowth.
His withdrawal at half-time for his own good may have been in part injury-guided, but it was a decision that needed to be taken regardless. Joe Gomez might not bring as much subtlety to the role, but the way he sent Martinelli into the advertising hoardings was more what Liverpool required.
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