Title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool performed out a 2-2 draw on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Gunners twice took the lead, first by means of a sensational early strike from Bukayo Saka, then simply earlier than half-time as Mikel Merino headed residence a Declan Rice free-kick.
Nonetheless, Liverpool twice fought again to take a share of the factors, with Virgil van Dijk heading residence from shut vary within the first half and Mohamed Salah changing contained in the field late within the second half.
The outcome most likely performs into the fingers of defending champions and leaders Manchester Metropolis greater than anybody else, however neither facet will be too disgruntled with a degree in a pulsating match between two elite sides.
Listed here are the complete participant rankings from the Emirates Stadium:
Arsenal vs Liverpool participant rankings: Mohamed Salah saves the day
Arsenal participant rankings (4-2-3-1)
David Raya – 6/10 – Made a few respectable stops and will do nothing in regards to the objectives.
Thomas Partey – 8/10 – Stuffed in brilliantly at full-back, making a match-high 5 tackles, solely being dribbled previous twice and successful extra duels (13) than every other participant.
Ben White – 8/10 – An excellent go for Saka’s purpose and appeared simply as snug defensively at centre-back as he does at right-back.
Gabriel – 7/10 – Got here off early into the second half after a collision with Darwin Nunez. Had gained all 5 of his mixed aerial and floor duels and will likely be an enormous miss for Arsenal if he’s out long-term.
Jurrien Timber – 7/10 – Had a few scary moments up towards Salah however, on the entire, did an excellent job limiting the Egyptian ahead. Got here off injured late on however doesn’t look severe.
Mikel Merino – 8/10 – Opened his Arsenal account with an excellent header from Declan Rice’s good cross. Most likely ought to have scored 20 minutes earlier as nicely, however a powerful all-round efficiency.
Declan Rice – 8/10 – Was a menace along with his set items, whereas he put in a mountain of labor each with and with out the ball.
Bukayo Saka – 9/10 – Made probably the greatest left-backs on the planet appear like he performed for the Canine and Gun Sunday League staff along with his purpose. Continued to terrorise the Liverpool defence thereafter and solely actually began displaying indicators he’d come straight again from harm late into the second half.
Leandro Trossard – 6/10 – Confirmed fairly a number of shiny moments of high quality on the ball with out influencing issues an excessive amount of.
Gabriel Martinelli – 5/10 – Confirmed a horrible lack of composure when the ball broke for him within the closing third and was wasteful with the ball, finishing simply 61% of his passes.
Kai Havertz – 6/10 – Made a nuisance of himself as all the time, however missed a few respectable half-chances.
Substitutes
Jakub Kiwior (54′, for Gabriel) – 4/10 – Not shut sufficient to Lewis-Skelly to recover from and assist him on Salah’s purpose.
Myles Lewis-Skelly (76′, for Timber) – 4/10 – Effectively out of place on Salah’s purpose, punished ruthlessly by a world-class Alexander-Arnold go.
Gabriel Jesus (85′, for Saka) – 6/10 – Fired one highly effective shot straight at Kelleher however didn’t get into the sport in any other case.
Ethan Nwaneri (85′, for Martinelli) – 6/10 – A few flashes of expertise however wanted extra time.
Liverpool participant rankings (4-3-3)
Caoimhin Kelleher – 5/10 – Helpless for the 2 objectives however did every part else requested of him, though he was unusually sloppy with a few of his lengthy passing.
Trent Alexander-Arnold – 8/10 – Whipped in a superb nook to assist arrange Van Dijk’s equaliser after which discovered a superb go to set Liverpool away on Salah’s purpose. Wonderful bookends to what was an in any other case below-average efficiency by his requirements. However isn’t soccer all about moments?
Ibrahima Konate – 7/10 – Stored busy however did a good job in prolonged durations of Arsenal stress.
Virgil van Dijk – 7/10 – Marked up for his purpose and placing in a good total efficiency. However perhaps he ought to strive sprinting to assist out Robertson when confronted with Saka one-on-one?
Andy Robertson – 3/10 – Was ‘shredded‘ by Saka on the opening purpose, however wanted assist from Van Dijk. Ineffective going ahead, failing to create an opportunity or full any of his three tried crosses.
Curtis Jones – 6/10 – Neat and tidy with the ball however far too secure with it. Didn’t construct on his gorgeous efficiency towards Chelsea final weekend.
Ryan Gravenberch – 5/10 – Felt like the sport bypassed him a bit of, which is stunning given how immense he’s been this season.
Alexis Mac Allister – 4/10 – Did not get into the match in any respect and was taken off simply after the hour mark having been booked.
Mohamed Salah – 8/10 – Allowed solely a few temporary openings, however took full benefit of his greatest probability deep into the second half. That’s what elite gamers do.
Darwin Nunez – 7/10 – Tried his finest to make a large number of the go to Salah for his purpose however he pulled it off, saving what was a troublesome afternoon beforehand for the Uruguayan.
Luis Diaz – 6/10 – An important flick-on for Van Dijk’s purpose however was in any other case well-marshalled by Partey.
Substitutes
Kostas Tsimikas (63′, for Robertson) – 7/10 – Appeared so as to add extra stability and vitality to the left flank, though it should be stated, Saka began to expire of steam shortly after the Greek’s introduction.
Dominik Szoboszlai (63′, for Mac Allister) – 5/10 – Hit one shot to this point vast it wasn’t even credited as a shot by the stat gurus. Didn’t do a lot else.
Cody Gakpo (63′, for Diaz) – 6/10 – Some tidy touches and harmful runs with out being decisive.
Wataru Endo (90′, for Jones) – 6/10 – Got here on on the finish to assist safe the purpose.
