Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool: Match Review - Salah strikes late! - video Dailymotion

George Priestman of LiverpoolWorld breaks down the draw at the Emirates Stadium.

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00:00Liverpool's winning run in the Premier League came to an end as they drew 2-2 with

00:04Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Goals from Van Dijk and a late equaliser from Salah ensured

00:10that Liverpool came away with a point but it was a tough game against Mikel Arteta's

00:14side who fought extremely hard all the way to the final whistle and gave Liverpool one

00:19of their toughest tests of the season so far.

00:22But what were the key talking points?

00:25One of the biggest takeaways was Arnie Slott's starting midfield of Curtis Jones, Alexis

00:30McAllister and Ryan Gravenberch. Curtis Jones came back into the side after a brilliant

00:36showing against Chelsea last weekend and it was Dominic Sloboslai who made way for the

00:42midfielder but Liverpool's midfield just really lacked that balance which didn't

00:47hold them against Arsenal who are very organised and very structurally set up.

00:52While Sloboslai has been criticised for his lack of output in that attacking midfield

00:57role, his energy, work rate and his legs are incredibly important to that midfield three

01:02and it's a big reason why they work because he's able to cover and win battles on that

01:07right hand side which allows Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold to thrive there. It's a midfield

01:13that clearly failed to live up to expectations.

01:16Another thing that plenty of people have been talking about is Andy Robertson and perhaps

01:20whether he is starting to show his age. Now 30 he has been at the club since 2017 and

01:25obviously he arrived for a bargain fee at that time of just around £8m.

01:31Clear from the game against Chelsea where he struggled against Nani Madawaki, he really

01:35struggled again against Mikaio Saka, one of the league's best players and best wingers

01:40but for the first goal he was caught out and Saka did him all ends up before finishing

01:46and it was pretty much just a simple ball over the top from Ben Wyatt which will either

01:49have brought concerns.

01:50And of course they have Kostas Tsimikas on the bench who managed a man-of-the-match performance

01:55in the Champions League against Leipzig so it's interesting to see whether he might be

01:59able to come into the side and finally prove himself as the number one left back.

02:03Or perhaps we're all being a little bit too harsh on Robertson who as mentioned has been

02:07an absolute key figure over the years and of course his best days may be behind him

02:11but he must be the most suitable person to start at that left back position for the time

02:17being.

02:18Overall, there were moments of quality for Liverpool, we saw that from the two goals.

02:23The set-piece goal was brilliant, it was a great header from Luis Diaz to flick it on,

02:28it was something they clearly had worked on and Van Dijk was in the right place at the

02:31right time and he's always such a big threat from set-pieces.

02:35And then for the equaliser, Arsenal had been frustrating them the whole of the second half

02:40but a brilliant ball from Trent Alexander-Arnold ensured that Darwin Nunes was able to feed

02:46Bahamut Salah for what was a very calm finish to come away with a point.

02:50It was an exceptional goal, a great team goal that cut Arsenal apart but Liverpool will

02:55be frustrated with the lack of energy and the lack of quality they showed in that second

02:59half to only come away with a point against what was a tough Arsenal side but an Arsenal

03:03side depleted with injuries.