Liverpool vs Arsenal: Jurgen Klopp's side extend Premier League lead with emphatic victory
Re-live the action from Anfield
A devastating four-goal, 30-minute spell tore Arsenal to shreds as Premier League leaders Liverpool won 5-1 to extend their lead to nine points and heap more even pressure on Manchester City.
Second-placed Tottenham had already blinked first before this match kicked off, losing 3-1 at home to Wolves, and City, now 10 points adrift, cannot afford to do the same at Southampton on Sunday with Jurgen Klopp's side arriving on Thursday.
Roberto Firmino took his tally to eight goals in as many games against the Gunners with a hat-trick, with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane also scoring after the visitors had taken the lead through Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
A ninth successive Reds victory made it 31 league matches without defeat at Anfield, their joint-third longest run, and extended their unbeaten start to 20 matches.
Fifth-placed Arsenal are 16 points off the pace but the gulf here was even wider as they collapsed under the first sign of pressure despite having taken an 11th-minute lead.
Three minutes of added time
Henderson goes close with an effort from range. Is there time for a sixth, you feel it would not be unfair.
Here's what we learned from that rather one-sided result
Liverpool are now the overwhelming favourites to win the title on another night when Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane proved too hot to handle.
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