Arsenal beat Liverpool to move within two points of the Premier League top spot
In response to those who said that Arsenal overindulged in their triumph over a 10-man Liverpool team, Martin Odegaard said that his team would continue to be “humble” throughout their Premier League championship defence.
After defeating 10-man Liverpool 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium, the Gunners pulled within two points of Jurgen Klopp’s leaders.
At the end of the first half, Gabriel Magalhaes’ terrible own goal tied the score for the visitors, Arsenal having taken the lead through Bukayo Saka.
After Ibrahima Konate was sent off, replacement Leandro Trossard secured the points in stoppage time. Gabriel Martinelli had given Arsenal the lead back in the second half after Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker had been mixed up.
After that, Odegaard took over the celebrations, grabbing the club photographer’s camera to capture the exuberant emotions to a result that thrust Mikel Arteta’s team back into the running for the championship.
Former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports analyst Jamie Carragher was not pleased with what he observed.
Simply go into the tube. You’ve been outstanding; you’ve won a game and three points. Go down the tunnel to rejoin the title race. He began, “I’m serious, honestly,” and then added X, formerly known as Twitter: “Enjoy it, but enjoy it in a disciplined way, please!”
Carragher also used the camera to replace Odegaard’s image on his X page, but the captain of Arsenal was not going to apologize for his celebrations after the game.
The Norway international said, “I think everyone who loves football, who understands football, they know how much it means to win this game,” in response to the question of whether it is possible to over celebrate after such a massive win.
“And when are you allowed to celebrate if you’re not allowed to celebrate after winning a game?” Our victory makes us joyful, and we won’t lose our modesty.
“We continue to put in a lot of effort and get ready for the next one, but naturally, you have to celebrate your victory.”
It was an enormous game. As you point out, if we had lost, it might have come down to eight points, and things would have been much harder. However, we showed up, and the supporters were incredible.
We all done this together, I believe. You see the team, the unity among all the players, staff, supporters, and the club as a whole. So yes, that was amazing to behold.
It was only Liverpool’s second league setback of the year, and Klopp acknowledges that when a team loses frequently, it might be harder to bounce back.
“We know that we haven’t lost a tone of football games lately,” he remarked.
This implies that accepting defeat is difficult—for all of humanity, really. At least in our dressing room, nobody here anticipates that we will just soar past Burnley or whatever.
They battle for their goals; they are a very skilled group that experiences misfortune occasionally. However, we can change the first step and win the game at home. After that, we’ll see.
We all have the opportunity to shape our own futures since, as far as I’m aware, nobody gets demoted or is honored as the winner after Sunday. See what transpires.
