The numbers speak for themselves. Mohamed Salah does not only make hay against the Premier League’s lesser lights, he routinely damages Liverpool’s rivals in the so‑called Big Six. And so it was here. Yet again.
The first half had been a story of Bukayo Saka’s excellence for Arsenal. He scored a wonderful opener and, after Virgil Van Dijk had helped Liverpool back up from the canvas, there was a first Arsenal goal for Mikel Merino, the summer signing from Real Sociedad.