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Firmino, Mane and Wijnaldum Fire Reds Into Top 4

March 5, 2017
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An impressive, attacking first-half helped Liverpool return to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Arsenal.

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The Anfield clash was on Citi FM via talkSPORT as Jurgen Klopp’s side secured just their second Premier League win of 2017.

It comes days after the Reds’ dreadful showing which saw strugglers, and reigning champions, Leicester win 3-0 at the King .

Liverpool started quicker than Arsenal and they were ahead inside 10 minutes when Roberto Firmino escaped his man at the far to convert past Petr Cech.

Klopp’s side were playing the fluid, fast-paced football that has seen them credited on a number of occasions this season and more good play saw them net a second, with Sadio Mane scoring his 12th Liverpool goal of the season.

Danny Welbeck pulled one back for Arsenal in the second half with a neat chipped finish past Simon Mignolet but the north Londoners could not find another as Georginio Wijnaldum sealed a third in injury time.

Arsene Wenger was left to rue the gamble of dropping leading scorer Alexis Sanchez and by the time the Frenchman corrected his mistake for the start of the second half the hosts were already ahead.

Sanchez then compounded the scrutiny on his manager by providing the assist for Danny Welbeck’s goal, which changed the complexion of the game but not the result as Georginio Wijnaldum wrapped things up in added time.

The win lifted Liverpool into third place, with the Gunners dropping to fifth only one point above Manchester United.

It was only the Reds’ second league win of 2017, the other coming at home to Tottenham, but extended Jurgen Klopp’s record against his top-six rivals to 19 points from nine games this season.

By contrast Wenger has won just three times in their last 24 away games at Anfield, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City and Manchester United and this performance gave him more questions to answer after an insipid first half played directly into Liverpool’s hands.

Wenger’s decision to drop 20-goal Sanchez in favour of Olivier Giroud because he wanted to be more direct and strong in the air appeared to have an immediate – and detrimental – effect on his side.

Liverpool had been torn apart by Jamie Vardy’s pace running in behind in their loss to Leicester on Monday night, but without that threat from the Gunners Klopp’s side were more than comfortable.

The game was just 10 minutes old when Mane’s low cross evaded both Arsenal centre-halves to allow Firmino to take a touch and fire high into the net for his first goal in seven matches but third in four league matches against the north Londoners.

Coutinho was having more influence than he had previously since his return from an ankle injury in mid-January and could have scored twice before the break, with Petr Cech tipping one shot over and the Brazilian hitting another close-range effort too close to the goalkeeper.

With Arsenal so passive Liverpool were free to attack at will and the move for the second goal was superbly executed – from James Milner’s wall-pass off a bemused Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Firmino’s vision picking out the unmarked Mane to convert an angled .

Wenger tried to rectify his mistake at half-time by sending on Sanchez for Francis Coquelin and, after Giroud’s header was tipped on to the crossbar by Simon Mignolet, the Chile made his mark.

Liverpool full-back Nathaniel Clyne retreated when Sanchez picked up the ball, allowing the Arsenal man to run at central defender Joel Matip before sliding in a pass for Welbeck to finish from a narrow angle.

The goal, plus Sanchez, changed the whole complexion of the game as a previously comfortable Liverpool looked rattled.

With 17 minutes to go Wenger abandoned the direct tactic in favour of pace as he sent on Theo Walcott and Lucas Perez for Giroud and Welbeck.

Emre Can escaped a second yellow card for a foul on Walcott, with Granit Xhaka booked for complaining the German should have been sent off. Liverpool substitute Divock Origi could have sealed it with a header against a post, but did provide the added-time cross for Wijnaldum to sidefoot home and settle the home side’s nerves.

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