Arsenal and Liverpool draw to delight of Premier League title chasers

Leaders Arsenal and defending champions Liverpool gully 0-0 astatine Emirates Stadium to support erstwhile successful show of chasing pack.

Arsenal wasted the accidental to determination 8 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League arsenic Liverpool came to beingness successful a 0-0 draw astatine the Emirates Stadium.

The Reds are 1 of lone 2 sides to bushed Mikel Arteta’s men this play and came closest to breaking the deadlock connected Thursday erstwhile Conor Bradley deed the crossbar.

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Arsenal failed to people for the archetypal clip astatine location each season, but did capable to widen their vantage implicit second-placed Manchester City to six points.

Three consecutive draws for City implicit the past week had opened the doorway for Arsenal to adjacent successful connected their archetypal league rubric successful 22 years.

The Emirates was bouncing earlier a shot was kicked successful anticipation, but the spectacle betwixt the defending champions and evident champions elite fell flat.

Both sides struggled to woody with the treacherous conditions arsenic Storm Goretti unleashed torrential rainfall and swirling winds.

Liverpool person agelong since fallen retired of the rubric contention since beating the Gunners astatine Anfield successful August, but are present 10 games unbeaten to consolidate their spot successful the apical four.

The visitors were penned successful for overmuch of the archetypal 45 minutes but inactive came closest to opening the scoring earlier the break.

William Saliba’s backpass astir caught retired David Raya and, with the Spanish goalkeeper stranded, Conor Bradley’s lob came backmost disconnected the underside of the crossbar.

The roles were reversed successful the 2nd play arsenic Liverpool dominated possession and territory.

However, the Reds were shorn of 3 of their biggest attacking threats with Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike retired injured and Mohamed Salah distant astatine the Africa Cup of Nations.

That deficiency of firepower successful the last 3rd showed arsenic Arsenal were lone ever troubled by the gait of Jeremie Frimpong, who lacked the last shot to marque his unsafe bursts count.

Dominik Szoboszlai’s stunning free-kick separated the sides erstwhile the past met and astir repeated the instrumentality with a almighty effort that dipped conscionable excessively late.

At the different end, Viktor Gyokeres was hauled disconnected by Arteta aft different mediocre show arsenic his extremity drought from unfastened play extended to 10 games.

Arteta had to crook to his wealthiness of options disconnected the seat to effort and crook the tide arsenic Gabriel Jesus, Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze and Gabriel Martinelli were each introduced successful the hunt for a winner.

But they took until stoppage clip to registry a changeable connected extremity successful the 2nd fractional arsenic Jesus and Martinelli fired excessively adjacent to Alisson Becker.

A constituent edges fourth-placed Liverpool 3 points wide of Newcastle and Manchester United successful the conflict for a spot successful adjacent season’s Champions League.