Jamie Carragher has likened Liverpool's defending for Arsenal's second goal on Sunday afternoon to 'something you see on a cartoon'.
Jurgen Klopp's side were carved upon after 58 seconds when Gabriel Martinelli fired the Gunners ahead and then conceded a second strike on the stroke of half-time as the hosts broke quickly on the counter after regaining possession following a Liverpool set-piece.
Gabriel Jesus collected a loose ball on the edge of the Arsenal penalty before picking out Martinelli, who broke at speed into Liverpool's box and found Saka at the back post. The England international had the simplest of finishes from close range and was left unmarked and in acres of space after the Reds paid the price for committing too many players forward for their free-kick.
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Analysing this goal scored by the Gunners on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football , Carragher was stunned by the lack of organisation by his former employers and believes Mikel Arteta's men took full advantage of Liverpool's decision to pile bodies forward.
"I cannot believe what I am seeing here," admitted the 44-year-old. "Liverpool have a free-kick in an area where I think it is hard to score from or even put a good ball into the box, and Liverpool’s two centre-backs go up. That is alarming for me. If that free-kick is further down, I would say put it right on the penalty spot and get Van Dijk and Matip in there and they have a good chance of scoring a goal. What happens is that you can’t score a goal from the first header that far away from the goal. In terms of game management, that was criminal and almost like kids football. A team in that position just play football as you don't want to do this.
"That is why no one plays 4-4-2, teams play so many systems and you get players in positions where they aren't sure who should be picking who up. The thing Liverpool did is stupidly put too many players forward for a free-kick."
Expanding on Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold rushing over to provider of Arsenal's second goal, Martinelli, only to both be dumbfounded by a simple cutback, Carragher added: "Trent actually comes across, and it's like him and Jordan Henderson have got roller-skates on. They can't put the brakes on, they go flying past and it's like something you see on a cartoon when you're trying to chase someone and go flying off the end of the road."
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