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FROM ANFIELD LOSS TO TABLE TOPPERS: THE INCREDIBLE RISE OF MIKEL ARTETA’S GUNNERS
Arsenal looks to extend its lead to 8 points against a struggling Liverpool side. We analyse Arteta’s tactics and the title race.
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Gunners can move eight points clear and take a big step towards the title.
After Arsenal lost at Anfield back in August, the usual crowd of pundits didn’t hold back. The season had just started, but the game already felt loaded—a chance for Liverpool, who’d splashed the cash all summer, to flex their muscles. For Arsenal, it was supposed to be a shot at proving things were different this time.
Didn’t go that way. Szoboszlai curled in a late free kick, Liverpool won 1-0, and honestly, there was barely anything to get excited about. Arsenal managed just one shot on target.
Gary Neville said Arsenal looked like they were “happy not to lose.” Carragher claimed nothing had changed. Peter Schmeichel called their football “ugly.” Liverpool pulled three points clear, and, at that moment, it felt like the old story for Arsenal.
But fast forward 17 games, and the script’s flipped. Arsenal have swung the gap by 17 points and now sit top of the table. The city’s third straight draw on Wednesday cracked the door wide open, and now Arsenal can push eight points clear.
Even months later, you can tell Mikel Arteta hasn’t forgotten the noise after that Anfield defeat. At his press conference this week, he looked a bit exasperated. “People are entitled to their opinions; mine was different, but that’s the beauty of football,” he said. When pressed, he just repeated, “Very different.”
Later, he opened up a bit more. He talked about how people always second-guess the line-up choices, especially when things go wrong. “We know. We know their physical state, probably more, because nobody asked me. Are the other players available to start? Nobody asked. People assume that.
“We have all the information. You guys don’t, and it’s normal, and we don’t want to provide that either. So normally, with the information that you have, you have to make the judgment that, in your opinion, was the best case to win the game. That has to be accepted.”
This time, Arteta and Arsenal don’t want to leave any room for debate. The injury worries have eased, and this is a fierce squad, especially up front. Eberechi Eze hasn’t even gotten on the pitch in the last four games.
The Gunners have taken maximum points from a tough festive stretch and now welcome a Liverpool team that’s stumbling and short on confidence.
Arsenal showed just recently what they’re capable of when they’re out for payback. After losing late at Villa Park, they came home and thrashed Aston Villa 4-1, one of their best performances of the season. You can bet Arteta’s using the sting from Anfield—and all the chatter that followed—as fuel tonight.
At one point, Arsenal’s six-point lead at the top was their biggest ever after 20 Premier League games. Now’s the moment to make it eight, put Liverpool away, and show everyone they mean business in this title race.
OPINION: BUKAYO SAKA SIGNING UNTIL 2031 IS A BIGGER STATEMENT THAN ANY £100M TRANSFER
Forget the summer spending spree; securing Hale End’s finest, Bukayo Saka, is the definitive proof that Arsenal are back on top.
Bukayo Saka just signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal, keeping him at the Emirates until 2031. He’s 24 now, and with his old deal running out next season, a new five-year contract locks him in for the long haul.
Since breaking through from Hale End, Arsenal’s legendary academy, Saka has racked up 77 goals in 290 games for the Gunners since his debut in 2018. He’s not just a regular anymore—he’s become one of the most dangerous forwards in Europe. England fans can expect to see him leading the charge at the World Cup this summer, too.
Honestly, nobody really doubted Saka would stay. There’s no official announcement yet, but everything suggests that he will join William Saliba and Gabriel in committing his future to Arsenal this season.
It’s not just Saka, either. Two more academy products, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles-Lewis Skelly, signed new contracts in the past six months. Sporting director Andrea Berta has moved quickly to make sure Arsenal’s brightest talents stick around. The club also went big in the transfer window, dropping £250 million on eight new signings.
Last season, when asked about his future, Saka said, “For me, I want to win, and I want to win wearing this badge. It is pretty clear the fans know how much I love them. I think they love me back. So it is a good relationship, and I am really happy to be here.”
Saka has scored seven goals already this season, and Arsenal are still alive in four competitions. Even though they couldn’t get past Liverpool on Thursday, Arteta’s team have a solid six-point lead over Manchester City as they chase their first league title in 22 years.
Next up: a trip to Portsmouth for the FA Cup, then Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final. The season’s still got plenty of twists left.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI ISSUES EMOTIONAL PUBLIC APOLOGY TO LIVERPOOL’S CONOR BRADLEY
Gabriel Martinelli issues an apology to Conor Bradley after their heated clash. See the reactions from Gary Neville and Roy Keane.
Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli has apologised to Conor Bradley after a heated moment on the pitch. During the match, Martinelli threw the ball at Bradley and tried to pull him off the field, even though Bradley was clearly hurt.
Liverpool’s players were furious right away. They saw something was wrong with Bradley and rushed over, turning the whole thing into a bit of a mess. The referee handed out yellow cards to both Martinelli and Ibrahima Konate. Turns out, Bradley had a nasty-looking knee injury at the end of the match at the Emirates.
On TV, Gary Neville didn’t hold back. “I’m fuming with Martinelli,” he said. “I honestly don’t know how the Liverpool players didn’t just go after him.” Roy Keane agreed. “I didn’t like it at all,” Keane said. “It happened to me once—bad injury, another player standing over me. It’s just not on. Martinelli’s a good lad, but throwing the ball at someone, standing over him, getting a knee in, and trying to force him off…that’s an absolute disgrace. Hopefully, he’ll take a look at it and apologise.”
Martinelli did just that. He posted an apology on Instagram and said he’d already messaged Bradley. “I really didn’t realise he was seriously hurt in that moment,” Martinelli wrote. “I’m deeply sorry for reacting like that. Sending Conor all my best for a quick recovery.”
Liverpool manager Arne Slot didn’t slam Martinelli, though. He figured Martinelli probably thought Bradley was wasting time. “I don’t know Gabriel Martinelli personally, but he seems like a nice guy,” Slot said. “The problem is, there’s so much time-wasting in football these days. In the last moments of a tight game, tempers are high, and players get annoyed, thinking the other team is just trying to run down the clock.”
Slot added, “I’m sure if Martinelli knew how bad the injury was, he’d never have done it. But because of all the diving and time-wasting we’ve seen, it’s easy to jump to conclusions in the heat of the moment. I get why he thought it was just time-wasting and didn’t realise it was Liverpool.”
After all that, Bradley had to leave the stadium on crutches, clearly in pain, with his knee in a brace.
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