Long way to go Arsenal- no need to panic just keep trying to get forward.

Poor defending but also a bit of luck about the goal. Tomiyasu slips as he tries to recover then the shot is scuffed and trickles in the only place it could and not where Jota meant to put it

Jota is the epitome of a player who makes his own luck.

Just a nuisance. Wish we had a goal threat like that

That's a shame, because we've started quite well. Team looks up for it

Well, we are playing well and that accounts for someting with me.

Don’t get drawn into this self-sympathising excuse culture Haz. Xhaka is banned and Partey is fresh back and on the bench - and fair play to him for turning up. Kanu went missing for weeks.

This is the best team we can play from the squad we have. No injuries and no Covid.

I meant to say "we've had" rather than "we have", but was on the phone as I was typing...

Need partey

Ego te absolvo

We look a bit deflated after their goal, need to get our energy back

See Lacazette miles behind the play doing the false 9 stuff on the halfway line. Just desperate for a new striker

So far very very disappointing.

Feel like loads of players get away without that being a yellow. Did feel like the ref couldn’t wait to get his card out there

Don’t think mf is working. Structure looks wrong. Emile Smith Rowe seems peripheral and I think he’s better than that.

Highlights for me this half have been Martinelli and Ødegaard. Top,quality.

Whenever we play this single midfield player pivot it never works. Normally it’s partey on his own.

Only problem is how mad are you going to be to bring on partey and when do you change it

Yep. Underwhelming stuff.

Since the goal Liverpool have controlled the game and kept us at arms length.
Liverpool are well drilled, they know when to foul, they know how to win a foul, they’re very good in 1v1 physical duels, and their front 3 probably win at least 50% of long balls played up to them.

Which is disappointing. They aren't exactly 3 Shearers.

The false 9 formation is bloody frustrating. We don't need all of our outfield players in our own third of the pitch when we are defending. It makes it very difficult to launch an effective counter-attack.

he stomped on the blokes instep ... got nothing of the ball .... if van Dyk had done that to Saka you would have been screaming for a yellow

We're at least keeping them from creating chances, but need more control in midfield. One goal is all it takes to at least send this to penalties if we don't concede, the players need to realize this tie is very much alive.

*%^@*** hell mate you have to hit the target there

Good chance for Lacazette, very well done by Lokonga to create it

Bad miss by Lacazette.

I notice at times we win the ball and get into dangerous positions such as the wings for a cross or whatever and we don't commit enough players to the box or near enough to trouble Liverpool. I see players stop and not continue support of a drive forward at times. We end up with the player with the ball not having options. Too often.

Good to see Lokonga getting confident again

Lacazette....almost.

If jota was on that chance it’s a goal. That’s what you are dealing with at this level.

Lacazette with a wasteful effort

Bergkamp would have nestled that ball down gently that Martinelli couldn't control. Oh, I miss him.

We got lucky

Poor kid from the young Liverpool lad. Jota had white on toast there

So did they.

Martinelli off please (sorry) to allow Tierney to attack more. Partey on to allow Emile Smith Rowe to take more forward positions.

Smithers is lethargic and shouldn’t have started. To me martinelli is probably our only player likely to score

Emile Smith Rowe for partey for me

Tomiyasu not having a good game

Tomiyasu looks a bit lethargic.

Quite a few of our players don’t look fully fit or match sharp

Tomiyasu isn’t on it either. Don’t see this ending well.