Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal: Reds must keep on thinking they've got nothing to lose - Stephen Warnock

When Liverpool went 2-0 down to Arsenal connected Sunday, it was similar they thought 'well, we mightiness arsenic good springiness this a spell - we've got thing to lose'.

For example, utilizing Trent Alexander-Arnold arsenic an inverted full-back who came into cardinal midfield was not a resounding occurrence for Liverpool against the Gunners, but the Reds' concern means they mightiness arsenic good transportation connected playing him that way.

As uplifting arsenic the Reds' fightback was to gully against the Premier League leaders, it did not truly alteration overmuch astir what has been an highly disappointing run - Jurgen Klopp's broadside are inactive eighth, they inactive cannot triumph a trophy and a top-four decorativeness to unafraid Champions League shot remains a distant dream.

They inactive look to maine similar they are a squad successful request of a rest, physically and mentally, excessively but they person ever been susceptible of going toe-to-toe with the champion teams. Barring past week's 4-1 decision astatine Manchester City, they person lifted themselves for the large occasions and enactment successful bully performances successful those matches.

It was the aforesaid against Arsenal. We saw a deficiency of assurance from Liverpool to statesman with, which was understandable aft what had happened astatine Etihad Stadium, but everything changed erstwhile Granit Xhaka clashed with Alexander-Arnold and truly got the assemblage going.

Mohamed Salah's extremity rapidly enactment them backmost successful the crippled and, the mode they played successful the 2nd half, they should person gone connected to triumph it.

Give Alexander-Arnold clip successful inverted role

Alexander-Arnold recovered his inverted relation precise hard successful the archetypal half, erstwhile Arsenal were dominating the play.

I'd emotion to cognize the inheritance to the determination to play him successful that mode and whether it was thing that was worked connected earlier the gully with Chelsea connected Tuesday - erstwhile Trent was near retired - oregon conscionable became portion of the team's thought process successful the past mates of days.

Either way, it was acold from perfect for him.

Firstly, if you are going to usage a subordinate successful a antithetic position, past helium has to beryllium comfy and cognize wherever helium has to go.

That tin beryllium hard capable anyway, adjacent for idiosyncratic arsenic clever and versatile arsenic Trent. He played arsenic a midfielder successful the younker team, but to beryllium capable to bash that astatine Premier League level is wholly different.

On apical of that, helium was asked to bash it against a squad that already plays that way. Arsenal didn't request to enactment retired however to halt him due to the fact that they already cognize what different teams bash to them erstwhile they usage Oleksandr Zinchenko similar that.

Alexander-Arnold bushed Zinchenko to acceptable up Liverpool's equaliser

Alexander-Arnold got amended astatine his relation successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Liverpool saw much of the shot but, to statesman with, helium kept being dragged retired to the full-back presumption arsenic portion of his antiaircraft duties, and helium was not doing that broadside of things peculiarly well.

Liverpool's problems were not each his fault, though, due to the fact that to play that mode effectively, you request the remainder of the squad acceptable up decently too.

Your centre-backs are ever going to get pulled retired wide to screen you, leaving much gaps betwixt them and making it easier for the opposition's runners from deep.

That's wherever you request legs successful midfield to way them, oregon centre-backs who are precise wary of what mightiness hap and a left-back who is ever covering in, but getting it close consecutive distant was ever a large ask.

I don't deliberation they should conscionable ditch that system, though. Most Liverpool fans person wanted to spot Alexander-Arnold play successful cardinal midfield and spot what helium is susceptible of, but it was absorbing that his assistance for Liverpool's equaliser came from what would person been an overlap successful his accustomed position.

I inactive consciousness similar his champion enactment volition beryllium done from that benignant of position, lasting the shot up successful the container from wide areas, but his passing scope was bully from much cardinal areas against Arsenal and it volition beryllium absorbing to spot however Klopp uses him adjacent time.

If it is successful an inverted role, past helium volition inactive beryllium judged connected his antiaircraft enactment - lone the questions volition beryllium whether helium has the strength to adjacent radical down successful midfield oregon way runners.

Diaz tin marque a quality up front

Liverpool were overmuch amended successful the 2nd fractional but I lone truly felt similar they were going to people a 2nd extremity erstwhile Roberto Firmino came on, with 12 minutes to go.

Mohamed Salah looks nervy astatine the moment, and is not astatine his superb best, portion Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo are inactive increasing into English football.

Nunez, who joined past summer, has had a precise up and down season. He has scored plentifulness of goals and created a batch of chances but I deliberation helium looks a small mislaid astatine the moment, and we saw that with his mediocre decorativeness erstwhile helium was enactment done successful the 2nd half.

The full Liverpool squad is lacking a spot of content astatine the moment, and I deliberation it stems from them missing the benignant of subordinate Sadio Mane was for them successful truthful galore games down the years earlier helium near past summer.

Mane would often people their archetypal extremity himself but, adjacent if helium didn't, helium would beryllium the 1 taking players connected and trying to make thing for idiosyncratic else.

I don't spot Gakpo doing that successful 1 versus 1 situations, though helium does nexus up play precise well. It's the aforesaid with Nunez - helium is simply a menace with his anticipation successful beforehand of goal, but not successful starting moves.

For me, that was the large quality betwixt the 2 sides connected Sunday, due to the fact that successful Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, Arsenal had players who could isolate defenders and past bash their magic.

When Salah is connected signifier past helium tin evidently bash the aforesaid but I americium truly looking guardant to Luis Diaz's instrumentality from injury, due to the fact that helium has the idiosyncratic brilliance that Liverpool are missing astatine the moment.

Diaz brings a antithetic magnitude to their onslaught due to the fact that helium has the quality to bushed his man. We cognize helium is backmost successful grooming but from Liverpool's constituent of view, the sooner helium is backmost successful the team, the better.

Stephen Warnock was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.