The Egyptian then missed a penalty at the start of the second half but the Merseysiders laid siege to Arsenal’s goal, eventually finding a late equaliser through substitute Roberto Firmino.

Liverpool had several more opportunities to claim all three points but were thwarted by the reflexes of Aaron Ramsdale, with Arsenal leaving Anfield with a point that maintains a six-point lead at the top of the table – though Manchester City have a game in hand. T

The north Londoners opened the scoring through Gabriel Martineli, with a slick attack started by Bukayo Saka  seeing the ball played into the path of the Brazilian who poked it under compatriot Alisson.

Liverpool looked disorganised and chaotic at the back, with Trent Alexander-Arnold routinely leaving his right-back position and moving into midfield – a tactic which left acres of space for Arsenal down the left flank.

Just before the half-hour mark, the visitors doubled their lead by exploiting that very problem; a clipped pass down the line for Martinelli once again exposed Alexander-Arnold and the Brazilian crossed for Gabriel Jesus, who was completely unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box to head home.