Liverpool faced Arsenal on Sunday as they continue to play out the final weeks of the Premier League season.

The Reds have already wrapped up the title having moved 15 points ahead of the Gunners with three games left to play.

And they had the chance to pull even further clear on Sunday with a wounded Arsenal team heading to Anfield after being knocked out of the Champions League in midweek.

Unfortunately, despite going 2-0 up early on, Liverpool could not push home their advantage and ended up drawing 2-2.

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Perhaps the most notable aspect of the game was the introduction of Trent Alexander-Arnold as a substitute.

Alexander-Arnold was roundly booed by the Reds’ crowd after coming on for Conor Bradley.

Bradley is set to step up into a more regular starting role once the Scouser leaves next season.

And after getting another glimpse of the 21-year-old against Arsenal, Gary Neville delivered his verdict on the performance.

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Liverpool are looking for a new right-back in the summer transfer market.

But whatever happens in that respect, Bradley will be given his chance next year.

That began with a show of faith from Arne Slot against Arsenal.

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And although Bradley got the Liverpool fans off their seats after less than a minute, he struggled to get going later into the game.

After watching the Northern Ireland international fail to cut out the cross which Gabriel Martinelli scored from, Neville suggested Bradley could have done more.

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“It’s a simple goal.

Conor Bradley will be disappointed and Trossard doesn’t get put under any pressure at all,” said the pundit.

“He’s had a testing 15 minutes Conor Bradley, he’s just let it slip a little bit down this side,” Neville continued after the full-back picked up a booking shortly after.

Although Bradley certainly could have done more to stop the Martinelli goal, he also recovered well from a difficult period in the second-half.

Neville recognised as much, giving the full-back some praise after an excellent covering challenge stopped Martinelli from grabbing another.

“It was bit scruffy in the initial bit of the challenge but his covering was good,” said the commentator.

“His pace just gets him there.”

This was a tough test for Bradley up against a tricky Arsenal attack.

But although it wasn’t all good, he certainly showed enough to suggest Liverpool will be fine without Alexander-Arnold.


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