Despite seeing their top four hopes take a blow with a defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday, Arsenal were able to hand boss Mikel Arteta a potential blueprint for the future.
The Gunners impressed for the first hour of the Premier League clash and arguably should have opened the scoring when Alexandre Lacazette took advantage of a mix-up to set up Martin Odegaard. But the Norwegian fired his shot straight at Alisson, with the Reds breaking the deadlock soon after.
Diogo Jota's goal was followed up by a strike from Roberto Firmino that secured all three points for the visitors. But while their cushion over their top four rivals remains at just one point, Arteta will still take encouragement from Arsenal's performance.
