How Mohamed Salah’s late goal snatched a point for Liverpool at Arsenal and left Manchester City top

Liverpool manager Arne Slot, speaking to BBC Match of the Day post-game, said: “Two times behind, then it’s pleasing to see we can come back into the game, especially with one day less to recover. To be stronger in second half than first pleases me.

“You come here to win but maybe a draw was a result we can take with us, especially after the first half. You know coming here that they have many quality players, you can have difficult moments in the game. Pleased me to score from a set piece.

“We needed that because from open play we weren’t dominant at all. They deserved to be up 2-1 at half time. But the way we showed up second half was impressive.”

Discussing Liverpool’s second goal, he added: “Two minutes before the second goal Trent was closer to the 18-yard box and he got a bit of criticism for the pass. The good thing about Trent is that he tries again and it led to a great team goal.

“Darwin (Nunez) hasn’t played that many games but has to play every game now because we needed him for a goal. He kept going with the energy. In the first 10-15 minutes after half time we were better than in the first half.

“But bringing on three quality players, they bring a lot of energy, and that helped us to get three points.”