Arsenal star Pablo Mari has named Liverpool's front three of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino as the toughest he's ever faced.
Mari joined Arsenal on loan from Brazilian side Flamengo in the January window, and made two appearances before the coronvairus pandemic saw the season suspended.
He didn't face off against Liverpool in the Premier League, but during the FIFA Club World Cup with his parent side back in December 2019.
While taking part in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Mari went into detail on what defending against Liverpool is like.
And the 26-year-old explained why Salah, Mane and Firmino made his life so difficult.
Mari said: "I think this moment was the three strikers of Liverpool. Salah, Mane and Firmino. It's because of speed, intelligence and their characters. I think these things are most important and make them top players."
He added: "We think we played a really good game there and we know Liverpool in that moment was maybe the best club in the world.
"But we had one thing that we thought we could beat them with and that was our mentality. We had nothing to lose and everything to win so we could put this mentality in the pitch to try and win against them.
"But it was proved that in one action you can lose the game. But I thought we were fighting really well against them.
"Of course it was a really difficult to play against the front three because you know they are fast, they are strong and they know every player and what to do and they have really good quality.
"Of course it was difficult but I was focused 100 per cent in that game and I know it was a difficult game but I felt like I improved a lot in six months there playing in Flamengo so that I can play against Liverpool and these three players.
"My focus when I arrived in Flamengo was that we knew we would play against a club like Liverpool in this final and that if we improved a lot we could beat them."
