Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal | Premier League Player Ratings Show

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So I want to get that out of the way first. All the context coming on to the fact that fantastic Arsenal defensively performance, Liverpool weren't great, I go back to it in terms of attack and sense, but I think the referee falling for all their antics, and they're not given, and in particular, they are not given a stonewall penalty, rarely, rarely, rarely, rarely, rarely, rarely, really hurt Liverpool. It probably should have been a nil-nil game, one-all, if we had that penalty, I think Liverpool, I mean, you had Bacchus to score it, given Issa home of Calais to take it, both excellent penalty takers. So I think Andy Magli definitely helped Arsenal for this little stop-start, buying everything that they did, but also the VAR let Liverpool down. If Magli didn't see that one, I would kind of understand it in a crowded box.

But yeah, the VAR really should help them. Even when you've got Arsenal, one of Arsenal's greatest ever strikers, Ian Wright saying it was a penalty, and maybe having to go at Issa for not going down. That's because he watches Arsenal players go down every week. It was a joke. So that was the referee done straight away. Again, credit to Arsenal for their defensive performance. When they're not rolling around on the floor and making clowns and trying to buy files and all that nonsense, their shape is excellent and they are so committed to getting in front of the ball and winning headers and blocks and tackles. They've got a good goalkeeper, although he wasn't tested enough today. So I want to get all out of the way first.

Let's rate the Liverpool players. Then we'll say I'm going to rate you guys have been rating them over on the Fanalysis app. We'll just go back to the front. Alison Becker gets a 59 rating.