“I could talk about special performances – we had a lot of other players”.
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“I told him “calm down because they will send you into the stands here”, Wenger explained with a grin. Firmino showed it tonight, the subtle movements, he’s got an eye for goal. “What happened against Liverpool should strengthen their belief that they have a big part to play in this league”.
That had been the case but after they were involved in 3-3 draws this week – at home to Arsenal and away to Newcastle respectively – the hope is both teams may have found some freedom. Two days to go, we can prepare.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will have to adapt to a “new experience” when his side take on Manchester United on Sunday, says midfielder Lucas Leiva.
City had the chance to go top of the Premier League, depending on the result between Arsenal and Liverpool, but struggled to find their way through a disciplined Everton defence.
Ahead of his first meeting as Liverpool manager with Manchester United, Klopp did little to hide his admiration for the former Old Trafford boss. “I had no argument with Arsene Wenger”. Here is all the information you need for Liverpool’s home clash with Manchester United… “There was no bad feeling”. “It’s an explosion of goals but at the final whistle you can not ignore there were problems”, Klopp said.
“Everyone needs time. Sometimes we couldn’t change when we wanted”, the boss added. It’s a different idea of football, but we’re not saying we have a better idea. We had nothing, but I had nothing with Sam Allardyce.
The match came to life in the second period, with Vardy thwarted by an excellent rushing save from Hugo Lloris before Kane saw his goal-bound effort deflected onto the crossbar by Kasper Schmeichel.
Joe Allen (2nd L) of Liverpool scores his team’s third goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield.
“I had really good moments with Sir Alex”, he revealed. “He doesn’t know how good he is”.
Only 19 minutes had elapsed when Firmino restored the lead as Arsenal showed their own defensive uncertainty.
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The defending couldn’t really be blamed there, but fingers will be pointed at Mignolet and his defenders for Giroud’s first goal, the striker getting the faintest of touches on Ramsey’s left-wing corner to the near post, which wasn’t guarded by a Liverpool player.
