Saka and Martinelli torment Liverpool to hint at wider change at the top | Barney Ronay


The Arsenal duo, on opposite sides of the pitch, put in the sort of work that used to be Liverpool’s trademark

It seemed fitting that the last significant act of this game should be Gabriel Martinelli veering and skittering about in the far left-hand corner of the pitch, still with that maniacal, ferrety energy in his feet, still picking away furiously at the Liverpool defence.

He was relentless at the Emirates Stadium, a pest, a nag, a constant creative press, in a game that saw him torture not just one but two Liverpool right-backs, Trent Alexander-Arnold having left the field at the break after a collision in the first half.

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