“Disaster” – Liverpool player singled out immediately after Arsenal take early lead

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Alisson Becker attracted the limelight for the wrong reasons as Arsenal took first blood in their afternoon visit to Anfield on Sunday. Kai Havertz put Mikel Arteta’s Gunners in front, capitalising on a low fizzed ball across the box from Declan Rice.

While we disagree with the language used in @postanythingLFC’s post on X (formerly Twitter), we can’t deny that it is a pretty disastrous error. The Liverpool goalkeeper, under pressure, plays a pass into empty space that Jeremy Jacquet is simply miles away from and can’t hope to reach.

Arsenal lap up the counter-attacking opportunity and go on to find an early opener; a gift of an opener, it has to be said. “A disaster for Liverpool and a disaster from Alisson.