Arsenal And Liverpool Produced An Absolute Classic On Friday Night Football

51st Minute: Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool. 58th Minute: Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool. Well that escalated quickly.

I'm not sure what Arsene Wenger told his players at half time, but his Arsenal side were a completely different outfit in the second half, producing a memorable comeback to send the Emirates into an absolute frenzy.

But to quote Brendan Rodgers, this Liverpool side have shown great character to somehow secure a result after a Roberto Firmino equaliser.

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring with a superb header that left Cech helpless, but a second half onslaught from the likes of Mesut Ozil and Granit Xhaka helped Arsenal get back into the game in arguably the best game of the season so far.

There was just 388 seconds between Mo Salah's goal and Mesut Ozil giving Arsenal the lead.

That being said, one Arsenal player was slated throughout and his name is Alexis Sanchez.

The Chilean gave the ball away on a number of occasions, with many suggesting that his head is not in the game following transfer speculation surrounding a move to Premier League leaders Manchester City.

Of course this isn't the first time Sanchez has been criticised for his efforts in recent weeks, but more than ever, Arsenal fans were rightly annoyed with the player's contribution against Liverpool.

Here's how social media reacted to his performance:

I could embed tweets for hours, but you get the point. Sanchez might have scored in the second half, but his performance simply wasn't good enough.

Thoughts on Sanchez? Was that the game of the season? Let us know in the comments.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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