Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp joked that Arsenal’s team selection was so attacking that he was starting to expect to see Robin van Persie and Dennis Bergkamp come on in the 1-1 draw at the Emirates.
“Arsenal brought pretty much all of their strikers [on]… I was actually waiting for [Robin] van Persie and [Dennis] Bergkamp,” Klopp joked at a post-match news conference, referring to the two Gunners greats.
“It was intense, very intense. It is clear Arsenal are in a very good moment.
“We made life a bit too easy for them in the first half. Formation-wise I was not happy at how compact we were and stuff like that.
“When we had the ball it was good, we were a threat, we were in behind.
“The start was like, ‘Wow, Arsenal are there’ but then the first attack we had, everyone knew, ‘Okay, they are not too bad as well!’
“It was then a pretty open game.”
