Arsenal and Liverpool each earned a point after a second-half whirlwind of trading goals at the Emirates. Ainsley Maitland-Niles breaks down Arsenal's back-and-forth draw with Liverpool and evaluates his defending of Mo Salah.
James Milner believes Liverpool need to become a bit "more boring" after they shared the spoils from a 3-3 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
The Reds were 2-0 up through goals from Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah before three quickfire strikes in the second half from Alexis Sanchez, Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil put the home side ahead only for Roberto Firmino to earn the visitors a draw.
Milner told Sky Sports: "When you are in a position like that at this level you've got to see the game out. We have got to become more boring.
"There are times in the game when you've got to tighten up and not make those mistakes for five minutes. All the goals were our fault really and that's something we have to learn from.
"We play such good football going forward and maybe sometimes we need to switch that off for five or 10 minutes. We need to play it a bit tighter and keep the ball a bit longer rather than trying to break all the time."
Simon Mignolet will draw the attention for his lacklustre effort that allowed Xhaka's shot from distance to find the net, but Liverpool defender Andy Robertson said his side should not have conceded any of Arsenal's three goals.
There were mistakes but the tempo it was played at, the boys are still trying to get breath back," he said. "You're most vulnerable when you score and that happened to us. They had an extra yard and we made mistakes. We got our composure back a little too late.
"First half we dominated. We have just had a lapse of concentration and it has cost us two points. All three goals were avoidable. We need to get these mistakes out of our game."
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp told Sky that "the point is the minimum we deserve," but he refused to blow Mignolet's error out of proportion.
"He misjudged it," the coach said of his goalkeeper. "A second hand would have helped but that is how it is. You don't need to make it bigger than it is. It felt like we shouldn't have conceded but we did.
"Defending is a team thing. Today we make individual mistakes and that is not cool. My job is to think about the performance and that was a winning performance.
If you want, the draw is our halfway win. We are always a better side when we draw. We have to take the good things and work on the lesser good things."
Arsenal and Liverpool played to a see-saw draw on Friday night.
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere said his side had been too cautious in the first half.
He said: "We didn't do ourselves justice in the first half. We were scared to play our game. We allowed them to take the game to us.
"[In the second half] we were much better, we were on the front foot. We will be disappointed not to win the game."
Arsene Wenger criticised his Arsenal players for their display in the first half but praised the character they showed to come back after the break.
The Gunners manager said: "In the first half we were paralysed and frozen. We played too deep. We gave too many balls away and looked second best everywhere. In the second half we have shown quality, character and played at our level."
He added to the BBC that his players should have been better prepared for Liverpool's attack from the start.
"It was a thrilling game. I am frustrated at not winning but that is the type of game you want in the Premier League," he said. "The good thing is that overall we did not give up. The spirit is fantastic. On that front I am proud of the players. It shows a strong mentality. We have the capacity to respond.
"What you want is for the team to realise that we have to start from the first minute. They knew that Liverpool had pace up front and maybe when you prepare for a game you want players to be ready but you make the opponent too big in the heads of your players.
"More for people who love football, let's give credit to the creative force. If you have no shots on goal the defences look good but that is not what people want to see."
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