The Telegraph
"At times this was almost painful to watch. Here was an old warhorse being schooled by the fizzing man of the moment. Here was the past being undone by the present. It all came to a head in the 58th minute," writes Jim White for the Telegraph.
"That was when Mo Salah chased after a ball in the middle of the Arsenal half and David Luiz attempted to dispossess him.
"As the centre back tried to move into position, the impulse was to shield the eyes. Luiz had already brought Salah down for a penalty with one of the most shameless pulls of the shirt you will ever see.
"And here he was, already booked, trying to corral a player whose pace across five metres is roughly three times his own.
"The result was inevitable: Salah swished past the Brazilian as if he were a training ground cone, piled on the after burners to accelerate away and slam a gloriously emphatic left foot shot into the corner of the Arsenal goal.
"That made it 3-0. And from the Anfield Road stand the visiting Arsenal fans began preparing themselves for another miserable trip back down the motorway."
Daily Mail
"We will examine, in due course, Liverpool's vibrant attacking and a performance that preserved their perfect start to the campaign but it cannot be overlooked how Arsenal - and Luiz - played a major role in their own downfall," writes Dominic King for the Daily Mail.
"Luiz was supposed to bring steel to Arsenal's backline when he swapped Stamford Bridge for the Emirates Stadium but he took leave of his sense on Merseyside, conceding a penalty that changed the course of the game before a fatal moment's hesitation allowed Mohamed Salah to ransack him.
"Liverpool have made a habit of demolishing Arsenal at this stadium but this latest instalment was actually closer for a spell than the score would lead you to believe; indeed, had Nicolas Pepe possessed the killer instinct of a man with a £72million price tag things could have been different.
"As it was, Unai Emery found himself in the familiar position of losing a big Premier League game. Any hopes that Arsenal supporters may have started to harbour after opening up with two wins must be tempered.
"Liverpool, ruthless and relentless, exposed their shortcomings."
The Guardian
"Arsenal needed to score first in the second half to make a game of it, or at least keep Liverpool at bay for as long as possible, yet they managed to self-destruct just two minutes after the restart," writes Paul Wilson for the Guardian.
"When Alexander-Arnold slipped a pass through to Salah in the area David Luiz was tugging the striker’s shirt so blatantly that he gave a curt little salute to Anthony Taylor as an admission of guilt.
"The Brazilian then had the nerve to look aggrieved, along with the rest of the Arsenal defenders, when the referee pointed to the spot. The foul was as clear as it was unnecessary and Salah made Arsenal pay, smacking his spot kick firmly into Leno’s top right corner.
"If David Luiz thought his afternoon could not get any worse he was badly mistaken. Salah beat him so completely on the right touchline he was left careering off the pitch with his hands raised in surrender, while the Liverpool player scampered gratefully into an empty penalty area to beat Leno with a confident low shot.
"While David Luiz might have done better, it was risky for Arsenal to play with such a high line against such a fast-breaking side.
"Lucas Torreira scored a close-range consolation goal to deny Liverpool their first clean sheet of the season, though with Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain getting a run-out before the end, the league leaders had little else to complain about."
The Independent
"It’s not quite been a 100 per cent start for David Luiz," writes Miguel Delaney for the Independent. "Anyone that believes he can be the centre-half Arsenal so badly need – at least in a two – certainly needs to re-assess their thinking.
"Mohamed Salah, who scored twice, seemed to scramble the Brazilian’s brain. Albeit more belatedly than usual.
"There was at least one difference to this defeat, that Arsenal can maybe see as some kind of meagre progress. They were still at least in the game at half-time, something that very much hadn’t been the case on most of their last few visits here, when Liverpool have usually blitzed them with so many goals by the 20th minute.
"That was because Emery did at least try something seemingly novel to his club at Anfield: defending.
"And not just defending, but ultra-defending, as they often had eight men around the box in what the coaching manuals would describe as the lowest of low blocks."
