Liverpool’s manager Juergen Klopp, left, shakes hands with Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger after their team’s 3-3 draw in the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016.
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“I could talk about special performances – we had a lot of other players”.
“In the second half we were again in the game; it was a little bit more open than the beginning of the first half but we came back into the game”.
“I think we deserved to make a draw in a spectacular game”.
“Well, overall it was a game played at a very high pace and total commitment from two teams”, Wenger told BT Sport after the full-time whistle.
His consolation however was that the players took away a lot of positives from the game. “What happened tonight strengthened my belief that we can have a big part to play in this league”.
Arsene Wenger has revealed that he told Jurgen Klopp to “calm down” in order to stop the Liverpool manager from being sent to the stands.
“I have no doubt about [our character] but of course it is always frustrating when it is 89 minutes and you get caught on such a simple ball”.
“We have to defend this better”.
“Hopefully, we are not going to have to regret this goal at the end of the championship”, he said.
A frantic match saw four goals scored in the opening 25 minutes before further strikes from Olivier Giroud and Allen after the break capped off a memorable meeting.
Klopp and Wenger faced off six times during the German’s time as Borussia Dortmund manager, with Dortmund and Arsenal drawn in the same Champions League group in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
Despite the last-gasp point, Liverpool drop to ninth in the table due to results elsewhere, while Arsenal remain top but only on goal difference as Leicester City closed the gap with victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
Allen latched onto a loose ball and calmly slotted home.
In the second half, Giroud grabbed his second of the night after turning Kolo Toure to finish into the bottom corner. We can be satisfied as a point against Arsenal is OK, but in a few situations I thought we had to win the game and then I thought we could lose it.
Campbell, again, was the architect as his ball into the box found Giroud and the Frenchman rolled Sakho before firing low into the corner for his second goal of the game. 3-2.
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“It showed all of us how good we could be”.
