Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal: 3 talking points as Gunners falter in title race

3. Don’t get the Anfield crowd involved

Arsenal had control of the game, even after Mo Salah scored, but Granit Xhaka’s incident with Trent Alexander-Arnold in the first half can be seen as the catalyst for the Gunners dropping two points.

The home crowd was barely a factor in the opening 35 minutes, but justbefore halftime, Xhaka and Alexander-Arnold came together, causing the Anfield crowd to get involved in the game.
The crowd pushed the home side to greater heights, which carried over into the second half as the game got heated.

Had it not been for Xhaka putting himself in that situation, the result may have been different, but no one can argue that the incident was the fire starter Liverpool needed.