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Second-half goals from Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino earned Liverpool a 2-0 win at Arsenal that took them within a point of leaders Manchester City.
Liverpool started brightly and it took a strong hand from Aaron Ramsdale to keep out Virgil van Dijk’s third-minute header.
Arsenal grew in confidence and had good spells of dominance, but a quickfire double shortly after half-time gave Liverpool full control.
Thiago Alcantara’s brilliant through-ball played in Jota, who squeezed a shot past Ramsdale at the near post to open the scoring on 54 minutes.
Eight minutes later Andrew Robertson chased a loose ball and crossed low for substitute Firmino to finish.
A ninth successive league win moves Liverpool on to 69 points. Arsenal stay fourth on 51 points, a point above Manchester United in the top-four race and with two matches in hand.
See: Arsenal report | Liverpool report
Next fixtures
Arsenal: 19 Mar v Aston Villa (A)
Liverpool: 2 Apr v Watford (H)
Match officials
Referee: Andre Marriner. Assistants: Simon Long, Scott Ledger. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: John Brooks. Assistant VAR: Marc Perry
