Arsenal put a major dent in Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes as the Reds fell to a 3-1 defeat in calamitous fashion at the Emirates Stadaium.
Jürgen Klopp admitted his Liverpool side deserved to lose against Arsenal after seeing their title hopes dented in North London. The German though was less than impressed with Ibrahima Konaté’s late sending-off.
The Reds suffered just their second Premier League defeat of the season as they fell to a 3-1 loss in calamitous circumstances at the Emirates Stadium. Bukayo Saka had given the hosts the lead, only for Liverpool to draw level before the break thanks to Gabriel’s own goal.
The visitor, though, would fall behind again in an even more bizarre fashion when a mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker left Gabriel Martinelli with an open goal. Leandro Trossard would go on to confirm Arsenal’s victory in stoppage time after Konaté was given his marching orders.
“In general we can admit that Arsenal deserve the three points,” Klopp said, live on Sky Sports post-match. “The circumstances were a bit strange. The goal for us was similar to the cup game. In the cup game we had even bigger chances.
“We scored the goal at half-time and having nil shots on target, but a goal is a bit stranger. We had to adapt in a lot of moments today.
“We found our way into the game, we had crosses and situations where it was close and then the second half. But if you cannot keep it open, then Arsenal might become a little nervous. The red card did not help and we had to change what we tried a lot.”
Klopp added: “Because of the way we conceded the second goal and if we stayed in the game with the changes we could have changed the game into our direction. We gave them all the momentum.
