(Football news) Last Saturday, the Reds’ chances of winning the title were dealt one of the biggest blows yet as they lost 3-1 to Arsenal, while Vincent Kompany’s team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to draw 2-2 with Fulham.

It wouldn’t be completely incorrect to characterize Liverpool’s performance at the Emirates last weekend as a defensive disasterclass. The Reds’ 15-game Premier League winning streak and 11-game winning streak across all competitions, which had persisted since their previous trip to North London, came to an abrupt end.

A bizarre Gabriel Magalhaes own goal may have drawn Liverpool level against the run of play after Bukayo Saka had broken the deadlock, but Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk combined for a defensive howler in the second period – gifting Gabriel Martinelli an open goal – before the former was beaten at his near post by Leandro Trossard in added time.

Ibrahima Konate’s sending-off rubbed salt into the wounds for a downcast Jurgen Klopp, whose men left the Emirates battered, bruised and deservedly on the losing side, leading the German to profess that “everything” went against his side during their unsuccessful trip to the capital.

Liverpool are still the best in the land regarding the Premier League rankings, but their lead over Arsenal and Manchester City now stands at just two points, and the Citizens – who have a game in hand – can bump the Reds down to second by beating Everton in the lunchtime kickoff.

Redemption will be the order of the day at Anfield, though, as the Reds have avoided defeat in each of their last 23 top-flight affairs in front of the Merseyside crowd, although a run of six games without a home clean sheet in all competitions offers Burnley the smallest sliver of hope.

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