Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: Hits and Flops

Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: Spoils shared
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: Spoils shared

#2 Flop: Roberto Firmino

Not a good day at the office for Firmino
Not a good day at the office for Firmino

The Brazilian was on target in both league games against Arsenal last term. But today, forget bagging a strike, he struggled to even barely make a mark. Not that his attacking cohorts Salah and Mane were prolific, but Firmino was somehow the weakest link in the game.

Besides a few good passes hither and a burst of pace down the flank thither, his attacking presence was close to non-existent. Arsenal barely broke a sweat while trying to cope with his attacking threat. He was dispossessed twice while his only shot on target out of three was effortlessly blocked. In fact, he had the least amount of touches on the ball amongst the front three.

Firmino ran increasingly out of steam and was eventually put out of his misery on being replaced by Shaqiri. His goalless run in the league now stretches to six games.

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