Emery played a hand, not sure he had many better options. If Pepe buries his break away to go up 1-0, then things might have played out differently.
Trying to sit deep and compact while isolating Matip & VVD against Pepe & PEA on long balls is a decent attack strategy that circumvents the gengenpress. But Arsenal has no wide threat - not even a whiff of intent - to slow down TAA & Robertson. Those two ran riot in the Arsenal half and pulled open the space for Salah & Friends to drive into.
My man Bobby put the clamps on Ceballos today. Ceballos was dropping deep to defend, but when he didn’t get on the ball, there was really no threat or progress. No forward plays both ways as well as Firmino. He’s one of a kind.
Excellent win for Liverpool. Keep this train rolling. City won’t drop many points this year. The race will be just as intense as last season.