Liverpool can’t be ruled out of Premier League title race after destroying Arsenal
As true as the song rang around Anfield, Liverpool’s 20 minute onslaught was described as one of the best spells in Premier League history.
And it wasn’t necessarily that Arsenal were poor, Liverpool’s play just made them look it.
A 1-0 lead against the league leaders would have been quite satisfactory enough, but the recent home spark continued as the Reds just exploded into action.
The speed, skill, and overall quality of their play made Arsenal look like a completely average side, and made it impossible for pundits to rule them out as title contenders.
It was 3-0 before the SAS even got involved, which just shows how each and every player was significant in contributing to arguably the best team performance of the season.
Raheem Sterling was once again a contender for MOTM, and how he played today highlighted just how much he’s grown in the past few months.
He was quoted as saying this week how he was once intimidated by the star presence of Luis Suarez, but having the confidence to skip past one after another in such a strong defence is unbelievable for someone who has just turned 19.
Luis Suarez also nearly claimed a premature goal of the season award, where a power volley was only stopped by the corner of the crossbar. It’s refreshing to think that even though he’s been the star of Liverpool’s season, he personally will probably be disappointed to not get on the scoresheet!
And as much as pundits and us fans try to stop being too optimistic about Liverpool’s title hopes, who can truly rule us out after some of the performances against the so called ‘big’ sides this season?
Even though many are now starting to stop and take notice, in a pessimistic world it only takes a draw like West Brom last Sunday to find us among the fight for fourth again.
It’s been years since Liverpool have played this type of penetrating and exciting football. In some ways it gets you excited that we still have some of the big teams to come to Anfield.
It wasn’t even a fun ride home for Arsene Wenger, as it was rumoured on Twitter that he took a tumble upon entering Lime Street Station. With a fierce next set of fixtures, is this a early sign of an imminent Arsenal downfall?
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