Can was energetic and solid in the middle
Midfield
Emre Can – Thankfully, things improve the further up the field we progress, starting with Emre. We’ve been critical of Can this season, mainly for failure to use his size and strength to his advantage in the midfield battles. But he came through last night with many positives. It was far from perfect, but Arsenal’s midfield struggled to keep up with him and Henderson at times. Rating – 6.5
Jordan Henderson – As somebody said during the match, Henderson is perfect for Klopp’s pressing game and he showed it last night in his best performance since returning from injury. The captain dominated the midfield for much of the match and went close to goal a few times. He looks to be approaching his best. Rating – 7
I feel it is harsh to blame Sakho for the first Arsenal equalizer. The guy was trying to regain his bearings after clashing heads with Gerou. The blame for Arsenal’s first two goals lies squarely on Mignolet. Mignolet is not first choice goalkeeper material for a club of Liverpool’s stature. Klopp needs to buy a top goalkeeper and push Mignolet to second choice goalkeeper. We would not have conceded the first two goals had Pepe Reina still been our first choice. Let’s sell Bogdan, as he is utterly useless, then keep Mignolet and Ward as our support goalkeepers to a new top goalkeeper. Klopp shouldn’t offer Mignolet a new contract after the absolute shambles he displayed last night and this season. He cost us a couple of points even in the season where Suarez and Sturridge were scoring for fun as we should have won the title. A new first choice goalkeeper should be top priority for Klopp as Mignolet is making the defence in front of him nervous and jittery as they don’t trust his erratic goalkeeping. The guy can not command his goal area, and that is a basic requirement for any goalkeeper