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LIVERPOOL, England — Nobody ever really doubted Liverpool’s Premier League title credentials when they lost at West Ham prior to the international break, but if there were any question marks over the staying power of Jurgen Klopp and his players, they banished them emphatically with a comprehensive 4-0 win against Arsenal at Anfield.
The mark of a great team is how it reacts to a setback and Liverpool did that in brutal fashion against Mikel Arteta’s Gunners, with goals from Sadio Mane, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Takumi Minamino.
Liverpool’s win moved them up to second place, four points behind leaders Chelsea, and kept Klopp’s men positioned in what is beginning to look like a box office three-horse race for the title with Chelsea and Manchester City.
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“This league is incredibly intense,” Klopp said. “Now the most intense part of the season is ahead of us. December and January will be insane.
“We have players coming back, but the boys who played today did really well and did exactly what they had to do. We know what Arsenal can do but they couldn’t do it today- that is the biggest compliment I can pay to my team.”
For Liverpool, the winning margin was a fair reflection of their superiority and the latest high-scoring victory they have achieved this season. Manchester United and Watford have been hit for five, while Klopp’s players have also scored three in wins over Norwich and Leeds.
When they cut loose in attack, Liverpool are a blur of red shirts and it was the same against Arsenal, who had answer to the quality of Jota, Mane and Salah.
Jota, so often the man to miss out when Liverpool are at full strength, is making the most of Roberto Firmino’s injury absence and the Portugal international’s performance against Arsenal suggested he may, sooner or later, phase out the Brazilian completely.
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