Martinelli's lie is over against Liverpool

The fight for the Premier League leadership between Liverpool and Arsenal made both institutions start at Anfield with the best eleven they had at their disposal, with both Mikel Arteta and Jürgen Klopp being right in several of their choices as Magalhaes and Salah were the key men in front of goal, although of course, both strategists also had their mistakes with the implementation of men like Ryan Gravenberch and Gabriel Martinelli.  

While Gravenberch could not be a clear differentiator from the midfield for the Reds, on the Gunners' side, Martinelli was expected to be the man in front of goal who always put Liverpool in trouble, and this Brazilian Arsenal striker had a positive balance of 4 goals and 2 assists in only 7 appearances against the Merseyside side.    

Martinelli on this occasion spent more than unnoticed during his activity in just over 65 minutes, generating in offense just a couple of shot attempts that ended up being completely wasted, obtaining in the statistics applications of each player one of the lowest averages of his group, with a 6.2 on an average of 6.6 and above.

This little participation of the Gunners' attacker is mainly due to the great defensive work that Liverpool has today, and, unlike in past seasons, this time the group led by Jürgen Klopp is in one of its best footballing moments, with Alexander Arnold and Ibrahima Konate in charge of eradicating the little sense of danger that Gabriel Martinelli could offer, who arrived with the confidence of being able to repeat with another good performance against the Reds. 

Salah showed Martinelli how to be a team leader    

As Gabriel Martinelli broke a run of games of being influential for the Gunners every time they faced Liverpool, in the Reds' group, Mohamed Salah took responsibility for the partial defeat to transform it as quickly as possible into a draw that would put them back in contention for the overall lead, making it clear that the Egyptian's great influence is not just on a couple of opponents but every weekend, something that Gabriel cannot emulate with an Arsenal side that has found its greatest strength in collectivity.