We extended our unbeaten run to 14 fixtures on Saturday with a 1-1 home draw against Liverpool - but what did we learn from our Premier League outing? ALIVE TO THE COUNTER Liverpool had scored 17 goals against us in our past five meetings, and many of those were the result of rapid counter-attacks. So it was encouraging to see Arsenal quell Liverpool's threat from breakaways. Lucas Torreira made two or three vital interceptions in the first half alone, to stop promising attacks in the first half alone. Henrikh Mkhitryan's positioning and awareness also proved crucial early in the second half, with the game still goalless It's not to say Liverpool were kept quiet entirely of course, they...
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