Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal: Reds demolish Gunners after Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta Power bust-up

Free highlights and report as Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta altercation sparks brutal Liverpool demolition of Arsenal; Sadio Mane, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah, and Takumi Minamino on target as Reds end Gunners’ eight-game unbeaten run to move to within four points of Premier League summit

Liverpool kept pace with Premier League leaders Chelsea thanks to a thrilling 4-0 demolition of Arsenal during which Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta nearly came to blows.

After 33 largely uneventful minutes at Anfield the game sparked into life when Liverpool boss Klopp and Arsenal counterpart Arteta were involved in a heated altercation in the dugout.

It proved the catalyst for an emphatic display of Liverpool’s attacking might as they harnessed the fevered Anfield atmosphere to take a half-time lead through Sadio Mane’s header before running riot in a devastating second-half blitz.

Diogo Jota brilliantly punished a costly defensive error within five minutes of the restart, Mohamed Salah finished a counter-attack from close range, and then substitute Takumi Minamino added a fourth with his first touch as Arsenal endured another sobering trip to Merseyside.

The victory sees Liverpool return to winning ways, lifts them into second place in the table, and ends Arsenal’s eight-game Premier League unbeaten run, with the Gunners remaining fifth, three points outside the top four.

Player ratings

Liverpool: Alisson (8), Alexander-Arnold (8), Matip (7), Van Dijk (8), Tsimikas (7), Fabinho (7), Thiago (7), Oxlade-Chamberlain (8), Salah (8), Jota (8), Mane (8).

Subs: Henderson (6), Minamino (7), Morton (n/a).

Arsenal: Ramsdale (6), Tomiyasu (6), Gabriel (5), White (5), Tavares (4), Partey (6), Lokonga (4), Saka (5), Smith Rowe (5), Lacazette (6), Aubameyang (5).

Subs: Odegaard (5), Maitland-Niles (5), Elneny (n/a).

Man of the Match: Mohamed Salah.

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Liverpool reserve best for Arsenal – Match stats

Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool have scored more Premier League goals against Arsenal (37) than one side has against another since October 2015, whilst only versus Crystal Palace (11) have the Reds recorded more top-flight wins since the German took charge than the Gunners (8).
Only Norwich and Watford (7) have failed to score in more Premier League games than Arsenal (5) this season.
Since the beginning of the season in which Liverpool went on to win the Premier League (2019/20), no side has scored more top-flight goals via set-pieces than the Reds (37 – excluding pens), the same number as West Ham.
Mohamed Salah’s strike was Liverpool’s 100th in the Premier League against Arsenal; only against Newcastle (105) have the Reds scored more in the competition.
Since the start of the 2018-19 season, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold has provided 38 Premier League assists, four more than any other player in this period.
Arsenal (4) have conceded more Premier League goals following their own errors than any other side so far this season.