Liverpool powered to a 4-0 victory over a below-par Arsenal in their Premier League fixture at Anfield.
Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Daniel Sturridge all got on the scoresheet as Liverpool moved into the top four of the standings.
As for Arsenal, this will go down as one of their worst performances in their recent history, and Arsene Wenger will have questions to field over the manner in which his side capitulated against one of their biggest rivals.
Liverpool went ahead when Firmino headed into the bottom corner from eight yards out after meeting Joe Gomez’s cross.
Nine minutes after the restart, Salah did get his goal before the hour mark and in fine style, too, as a mistake from Hector Bellerin allowed the pacey wideman to run clear on goal from inside his own half and when the former Chelsea player arrived in the penalty area, he placed the ball into the bottom corner.
Jurgen Klopp began to make changes as the match neared a conclusion and three minutes after his introduction, Sturridge got on the scoresheet with a header from three yards at the back post after a sublime cross from Salah.
By this point, many of Arsenal’s travelling supporters had started to make their way for the exit with the Gunners failing to registering a single shot on target throughout a one-sided encounter on Merseyside.
Olivier Giroud headed over the crossbar in added-on time, but Liverpool deserved their clean sheet with goalkeeper Loris Karius having little to do on his first start since January.
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