Arne Slot has telling response to title question after Liverpool miss out against Arsenal

Arne Slot after at the Emirates on Sunday.

The Reds were hoping to secure a victory in London, with missing several key players. Riccardo Calafiori were both unavailable due to injury, while William Saliba was suspended after picking up a red card in Arsenal's game at Bournemouth last weekend.

Yet failed to take advantage of a rare opportunity. Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the ninth minute before Virgil van Dijk's header made it 1-1. before a late Mohamed Salah goal ensured the points were shared.

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has expressed his "disappointment" with Liverpool's display, but Slot sees it differently. He told Sky Sports after Sunday's game: "I know you guys like to talk about title contenders, that’s part of your job.

"Can you get a result in a difficult away game as this one? The way we did it pleased me a lot. The way we can compete with such a strong Arsenal team in their stadium is pleasing to see. But where that ends up leading to, I can’t say."

Regarding his team's performance, Slot added: "Going two times behind against a very strong and good Arsenal team, to get a point is pleasing ton see because we had to play an away game in Europe this week. To go two times behind with the fans being so loud and the team coming back so strong in the second half, I didn’t feel we deserved to go in 2-1 behind.

"It’s very pleasing to see we had the energy and we were so strong to fight back in the game. We did really good but we were really strong today."

And Slot was pleased with the efforts of his big players, highlighting the role Trent Alexander-Arnold and Darwin Nunez played in Salah's equalizer. He continued: "If you’re a big club, you need these quality players or you won’t get the results. You need the players who can get the difference for you. We have to give credit to Trent and Darwin in that goal."

Carragher, meanwhile, said on commentary: "I must say I was disappointed with Liverpool. When you think of the problems Arsenal had [with injuries] during the game then l would have expected them to create a lot more."