Leading 2-0 at Anfield after just 28 minutes, Arsenal바카라s traveling fans were in dreamland. (More Football News)
By the end, the Premier League leaders were left clinging on for a point as Liverpool blew the title race wide open.
While it was the home crowd celebrating the loudest as the final whistle blew on a thrilling 2-2 draw, Manchester City feels like the biggest winner.
This could prove a pivotal weekend in determining who will be crowned champions, with the gap at the top down to six points and second-place Manchester City still having a game in hand on Arsenal.
With the leading pair also still to play at City바카라s Etihad Stadium at the end of the month, both teams can determine their own fate.
On the face of it, a point at Anfield is a solid-enough result at one of the most daunting stadiums in football. But this felt like an opportunity missed after Arsenal had cruised into a commanding position through goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus and looked on course for an eighth straight win in the league.
That was until Granit Xhaka바카라s confrontation with Trent Alexander-Arnold late in the first half, which led to bookings for both players and also roused the home crowd.
Mohamed Salah scored almost immediately after that flashpoint and in the second half it was the Liverpool of old as the Merseyside club dominated the game.
Salah missed a penalty in the 54th minute and Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale produced a string of saves around substitute Roberto Firmino바카라s equalizer in the 87th.
바카라When you concede at the end it바카라s always two points dropped because you have it and you바카라re suffering in certain moments,바카라 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said afterward. 바카라The feeling is 바카라Ah we should have done it.바카라
바카라We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and we should have done better in the second half.바카라
City바카라s 4-1 win against Southampton on Saturday was the defending champions바카라 eighth win in succession, extending their unbeaten run to 12 games.
That is title-winning form and an ominous statement of intent to Arsenal, which has gone 19 years since last lifting the league championship.
The London club바카라s nerve will be put to the test when it travels to City on April 26 in what could effectively be a playoff for the title.
바카라Every single day is a test,바카라 Arteta said. 바카라The test now is how good are we going to be on Monday, and how well will we prepare and play the way we want to play to beat West Ham (next Sunday).바카라
LIVERPOOL BOUNCES BACK
For the best part of an hour, it was vintage Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp바카라s team produced a reminder of why it has been one of European football's dominant teams in recent years.
Having already beaten City, Manchester United and Napoli at home this season, the Merseysiders brought Arsenal down to earth.
The problem for Klopp, whose team looks certain to miss out on Champions League qualification this season, is that Liverpool just cannot seem to do it on a consistent basis.
For example, Liverpool is still to win a game since routing United 7-0 last month.
바카라We lack consistency and confidence, these are the two things,바카라 Klopp said. 바카라We don바카라t have enough positive moments. We have these ups-and-downs in games and that is something we didn바카라t have ever before in six or seven years.
바카라This situation we are going through, it is not cool and not something we wanted.바카라
HODGSON LIFTS PALACE
Roy Hodgson바카라s golden touch continued as he made it two wins out of two since stepping out of retirement to help Crystal Palace바카라s Premier League survival bid.
A 5-1 rout of Leeds on Sunday, followed the 2-1 win against Leicester a week earlier in his second stint at the London club.
With Palace now up to 12th in the table and six points above the relegation zone, Hodgson has gone a long way to ensuring the club avoids the drop.
Not that he바카라s taking anything for granted.
바카라It gives us a nice Sunday evening and a nice Easter Monday and a nice week바카라s training, but it바카라s still divorced from the number of points we need to stay in the league,바카라 said the 75-year-old former England coach.
바카라So there바카라s plenty more performances like today that we have to produce and the good thing I think is that we won바카라t need to produce them by pulling rabbits out of hats.바카라
Patrick Bamford had put fellow relegation-fighter Leeds ahead in the first half before Marc Guehi evened the score before the break at Elland Road.
A second-half goal spree secured the win with Jordan Ayew scoring twice and Eberechi Eze and Odsonne Edouard also netting.
