Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool: Sub-par second half causes frustration

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It’s perhaps lost in the frustration of last night that Arsenal once again extended our lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 0-0 draw against Liverpool. The lead just isn’t as big as we had all hoped going into this game.

After City’s draw on Wednesday, there was an opportunity to go 8 points clear – in the end we’ll have to ‘settle’ for 6. Which, in the cold light of day, is hardly terrible, but I think it speaks to...