Chris Mckenna

Another away game against one of the Prem’s big sides, another defeat for Emery’s travel-sick Londoners

ON the Kop a new banner was unveiled before kick-off that read “The Unbearables” with six stars underneath to mark Liverpool’s number of European Cups.

It is a dig at their rivals who claimed the Reds would be, well, unbearable if they won a trophy again.

But it was inadvertently fitting that it was revealed for the first time for the visit of Arsenal.

That is because the Gunners must find coming to these parts simply unbearable.

This is now seven visits to Anfield without a victory for them.

It’s a record that reads five defeats, two draws and no wins, with 25 goals conceded since they beat the Reds here 2-0 in 2012.

Hell

joint-top scorer a flat-track bully. But his tally of three goals in 14 league games against Arsenal’s fellow Big Six since he arrived in England does not read as the record of a man who delivers on the biggest of stages.

Not when he has netted 31 goals in 38 matches against the rest of the Premier League.

Liverpool boss Klopp warned against the threat of the player he signed for Borussia Dortmund back in 2013.

He called him a “goal machine” and insisted he had no “real weaknesses”.

But Aubameyang’s failure to capitalise on an early gift from Adrian when the stand-in Liverpool goalkeeper messed up a clearance suggested there may be some areas of improvement. Yet here at Anfield the real problem has been at the other end for the Gunners.

Emery’s approach this time was to keep it tight in the middle and take the gamble that the Reds wouldn’t deliver a killer cross from the wings.

A risky tactic when Liverpool have assist machines like Trent Alexander-arnold and Andy Robertson – two full-backs who were allowed to constantly bombed forward.

Eventually, it was a corner from AlexanderArnold that set up Joel Matip for the opener.

At least Emery had tried something different to contain the Reds after his side got walloped 5 5-1 1 on this patch last season.

But it was still a new approach, but the same result with just slightly fewer conceded this time.

Consolation