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wards. But assistant referee Long ed his flag to kill Liverpool brations and give the home side a eve. verpool finally came to life and Van was denied by Leno and then sent wering header against the post re half-time. was more of the same after the k, with Arsenal probing at pace and rpool a threat on the counter. was the visitors who found the kthrough on the hour thanks to er’s powerful strike after a mistake Leno. isson saved from Lucas Torreira at end and Mane was inches away giving Mo Salah’s cross the finish it rved at the other. rmino flashed a header wide and o redeemed himself with a flying save to stop Van Dijk again before the introduction of Alex Iwobi revived the Gunners. It was Iwobe who linked with Lacazette for the equaliser.

Lacazette looked to be going down a cul-de-sac as took the winger’s pass under pressure from the advancing Alisson. But he turned in a flash to hit a glorious shot past the Liverpool keeper into the far corner.

“I am happy with our performance,” said Emery, after his team had stretched their unbeaten run to 14 matches with a performance to suggest that top-four should be a minimum aim this season.