Arsenal and Liverpool had to settle for a point each after a richly entertaining game of two halves in the Emirates Stadium drizzle implausibly finished 0-0 on Monday.
With Arsenal centre-backs Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny absent – the former ill, the latter laid low by a back problem – Liverpool dominated the first half, hitting the woodwork twice and seeing Petr Cech produce an astonishing save to deny Christian Benteke, although Aaron Ramsey also had a goal contentiously ruled out for Arsenal.
team in the Premier League to have won their first three games – and three points above Arsenal.“I thought we were outstanding. We showed everything. You heard Petr Cech getting a round of applause for the saves he made,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers told Sky Sports.
“Overall we kept a good clean sheet, but we’re disappointed we didn’t win.”
A goalless draw seemed an improbable outcome for much of the match, such was the sheer number of chances, but having seen his side beaten 2-0 by West Ham United in their first home game, it was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who would have been the most relieved to avoid defeat.
“Liverpool had some chances in the first half and nothing in the second,” Wenger said.
“We had chances in both halves and were unlucky because we scored a regular goal that was ruled out and that was very difficult to understand.
“We know we can score goals, but we need to do better in the final third.”
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