Liverpool’s glaring problem remains unsolved despite vital win over Arsenal
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Read our Privacy noticeDominik Szoboszlai went for it, unlike Arsenal for most of the game, so Liverpool won it.
That might sound a little simplistic, but it did end up the difference in this unusually early match between a prospective top two.
As to whether it will make a difference by the end of the season, that’s a more complicated discussion.
For now, the champions are back on top on their own, the only team left in the Premier League with a 100 per cent record – and that after only three games.
Liverpool raised their game after that.
There comes a point where, to be champions, you have to ensure you make it happen yourself.
Although Liverpool were at home, with Arteta himself pointing to the very power of Anfield on such occasions, it was hard not to feel there was that greater onus on Arsenal.
We’ve seen it in the Premier League before, like Chelsea in 2016-17 or Liverpool themselves last season.
Is Slot really going to persist with that two-man midfield throughout this season?
Did his words indicate he thinks it’s going to be eased once Wirtz adapts to the Premier League?