NOT MUCH DIFFERENT between Arsenal & Liverpool?! 👀 Craig Burley weighs in | ESPN FC

[@Forever4God]

IT HAS BEEN SAID IN THE COMMENTS BUT WILL SAY IT AGAIN... NO ONE WILL SPEAK ABOUT TRENT'S DEFENSIVE WORK TODAY. They only speak about the bad. No one remembers the good... EXCELLENT WORK TAA!!

[@Jim90117]

Having Konate back is massive, if VVD & Konate stay fit till May it's hard to see Liverpool losing this title race

[@Ace-cc2wl]

The period with Gomez was really good though.

[@PROgaming-fm6yu]

get Gomez fit and play him at left back and we win the league

[@keithscanlan14]

Trent was good defensively today but of course no one Will talk about it

[@dead_r33d]

this!!!

[@tsimoi273]

They're racist bunches.

[@LilWeySoIcy]

He’s a defender lmfao he should defend good what u want us to give him a pat on the back every time he plays decent defense?

[@nhdarling2]

It's about consistency bro. We will always give him props. But he needs to.not lose focus

[@eL--RaL]

That's his job ffs

[@Rain188]

LFC fan here, I am not confident until we lift the trophy

[@gfilms2722]

Same bro lots of things to work on

[@blueshadow62]

City might still b the 1 2 chase u Just give it a month

[@goat6262]

Livarpool are safe and sound at the top

[@ozoneA6]

Youre crazy. This trophy is liverpool own. Lol. Arsenal aint good.

[@juukocharles8689]

Me too, just stay humble.

[@paulcoffield2102]

Szoboszlai's a bit of an unsung hero right now because he's not getting the goals, but his work rate around the pitch is ridiculous. He gives you that energy to get the team chasing the ball that Curtis Jones doesn't.

[@notnotnownow9622]

Yes, he is similar to Valverde and I would say probably better than Valverde, a bit more creative.

[@poolfans]

Even Elliot run more than Jones. Elliot has to come off for Szobo in the 80th min. Jones will be McAllister back up.

[@preethamhazard]

Craig saying there's not much difference between Arsenal and Liverpool 😂😂😂. Well there's a 6 point difference with a game in hand in the league, and 5 point difference in the UCL

[@TK-xt1it]

Elliot deserves more gametime.

[@noname-qb7ir]

Yeh v creative

[@CallumWatson-p2l]

Over who

[@justingreenidge9684]

The problem with him is he isn’t good when he starts. He’s much better when players are a bit tired.

[@juukocharles8689]

He come on for Szobo the last 20 minutes.

[@kyranosaur]

Swap him for Salah after 60 min. Salah's needing some sort of break from playing twice a week

[@liam_j82]

Liverpool got way more fire power then Arsenal plus Liverpool may have conceded a few goals last 6/7 games but still best defence record with Notts Forest, VVD and Konate playing together for 10 plus games made a big difference at start of season, Liverpool had a number of clean sheets in that period, Konate back now with VVD will increase that chance again with the clean sheets.

[@dead_r33d]

you are spot on in everything you’ve said. especially about the partnership. good one mate 🫡

[@poolfans]

@@liam_j82 Konate is so good at one on one defending! His pace and strength were top class. Especially when he need to cover 2 position when Trent couldn’t track back in time

[@talisa222]

Konate did not look good since his injury. a today he’s back to the stalwart of old 🙏

[@jamazuljamaludin5767]

Without Konate, our right flank would be sorely exposed. He's the one that managed to stop most of the attacks.

[@R3FU3D]

The Peacock feed went down. When it came back on Nunez had scored a brace😂

[@testrun961]

Oh! I thought it happened to only me 😂 So, it was network-wide. I see.

[@rollercoaster478]

Same, I lost my mind and screamed so hard celebrating 😂😂😂 YNWA ❤

[@SPcrypto79]

Yeah , what a disgrace.. missed both goals

[@ccfwins7931]

Liverpool averaging almost a goal attempt every 2.5 mins in the games and in the end winning 2 nil when the like of Salah, Lucho and Gakpo not doing well... can't imagine what will it be like when their form are back

[@reggienaidoo6514]

If Liverpool gets everything, I fear someone is going to get a trashing.

[@Frunk123Frunk]

The midfield of Szoboszlai Gravenberch and Mac Allister is probably the best in the Prem. All young and hungry. If they’re kept together for another 2 seasons, they will be magnificent.

[@Ibrahim-nf6yh]

Why 2 years? What’s the correlation?

[@murabula2092]

​@@Ibrahim-nf6yh to develop chemistry and hit their primes, which for most midfielders is between 26-32, which will be the ages they'll all be

[@Chip_in]

They are good but I'd put Newcastle's ahead of the reds right now ⛳

[@daraghmorrissey]

Weird - Craig saying his stream of the match stopped working when the goals went in, my signal went (just before the first goal went in).

[@dead_r33d]

he’s just like that. a proper prat

[@KenFales]

my stream dropped in CA, and my brother's in MI dropped also, for both goals

[@holadea5704]

Weird - my stream was just fine throughout

[@nawwk79]

0:11, “That’s high praise” - Nicholas Cage

[@malehumanperson7901]

There is plenty between Arsenal and Liverpool. The defences are similar but Liverpool's midfield is marginally better and their forwards are significantly better. Arsenal won't win the league without a proper centre forward.

[@brew9408]

Now, Liverpool have to make these teams pay for dropping points

[@funkymax1]

It will help Nunez to build his confidence

[@goat6262]

That’s what we say when he scored every 3 months

[@adedayooladejo661]

Absolutely, even from his 2nd goal against Brendford today you could see a bit of composure before he scored

[@poolfans]

@@goat6262 his goals in this game and assist at Arsenal’s are key to winning the pl. everything doesn’t matter

[@tf328]

There is a huge difference between the two teams and that’s the mentality. Liverpools 5 draws were all from losing positions while Arsenal have 5 draws this season when leading at halftime that is the difference

[@preethamhazard]

While they did score against Arsenal, Fulham and Forest to draw, Liverpool were leading in the end against Newcastle and United and went onto to draw. So you are not entirely factually correct, but I agree with your mentality point

[@neikomccalla2623]

@@preethamhazardunited scored first that game.

[@poolfans]

@@tf328 all our draws could have ended up a win. Even with 10men against Fulham we were the better team in the 2nd half. It’s the individual performance/mistake resulted the drop of points Against Utd- Trent poor defending Against Fulham - Robo send off Against Newcastle- Kelleher mistake Against Forest - Salah missed so many good chances Not to blame on a one single player. But as a team we played very very well every game. So far only Forest lose after international break LFC deserve nothing from the game. The rest of our draws, we did enough for a win.

[@sylvesterdzimiri3266]

lol how can they be huge difference when arsenal are only 6 points away and have had 3 red cards so far

[@poolfans]

@@sylvesterdzimiri3266 6 points and a better goal difference, (9points if LFC win the game in hand) we can win league 2 games before season end.

[@gregoryg1823]

We missed Konate in that spell when we considered a truckload of goals. This match proved it. Best defender on the pitch.

[@BluuInk-f2j]

Conceded you mean

[@Bulletproof666]

There’s a 6 point difference between Liverpool and Arsenal and Liverpool are better all over the pitch and have better options to bring on off the bench

[@MichèleNoriega-k6d]

With a game in hand.

[@poolfans]

And experience of Salah, VVD, Alisson, Trent and Robo. Especially our captain big Van

[@Golf-R00LS-73]

Paella Pulis claims he is short of players, yeah. Man spends almost £800 million on players in 5 years but he's short of players. What he means is he's short of quality cover....but he ain't short of players.

[@thesaintst1851]

Craig Burley can talk a lot of nonsense! Arsenal and Liverpool the same??? Then Dan calls him out then he swiftly changes his mind 🤣🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@johanld2826]

Yesss!!! 😂😂😂

[@TerryNaidu-p7i]

😅That old fart should retire from punditry. Should take up gardening. Even the flowers may refuse to bloom bcos of mr doom🤣

[@oluwajuwonloowojori8049]

He is telling the obvious. Liverpool are only better in terms of mentality

[@poolfans]

@@oluwajuwonloowojori8049 only mentality? That was a big factor. Another big reason is Liverpool have got alot of depth of the bench. I hate it when LFC plastic fan complaining about we need to spent $100mil in January. We need to sell Nunez. I will tell to F off

[@jonchapman86]

Yes, he said there is not much between them then said Liverpool are a cut above.

[@jimmyniful]

I think our Coach Slot needs to go to the drawing board to help the team figure out how to defeat low blocks faster.

[@TRSabra-zx4ke]

That’s a problem

[@stevenmah2070]

Every team hard & can't beat that, look at Man City, they always couldn't win, that's why they struggle this season, unless they open in some area

[@poolfans]

Many of our draws, Liverpool created good chances but missed by both Diaz and Gakpo. Slot needs to play Nunez / Jota as our no9! Gakpo and Diaz to rotate left wing will be very dangerous to opponents. Diaz look very tired And Chiesa has to sub in for Salah. Salah not untouchable Take him out at 70-75 min

[@MaxZorin-bb8zz]

We joke about arsenal set pieces but our set pieces are atrocious. Robertson over a dead ball is terrible and the movement in the area on set pieces is mediocre at best.

[@edu1113]

Need to really work on the corners n set pieces.. had so many of them n didn’t score from any

[@ryanfitzpatrick1054]

"my TV started spinning yellow" everyone's did, Craig. it wasn't you. it was peacock. the joke of a platform. really ruined the experience today

[@darcywalker1546]

It’s obvious what the difference is. Liverpool have a bench and attackers. Arsenal have no bench and limited at scoring.

[@Grogag684]

Different is 6 points with 1 game less than Assnal

[@poolfans]

Frank speaks more sense. Give credit for Slot who did not take Trent off for Bradley. But a very tired Sozo for Elliot.

[@stevendchu]

Liverpool when they were 2nd to City in the league: won the UCL, FA Cup, League Cup and made another CL final Arsenal when they were finishing 2nd: uh..... won the Community Shield? Oh at least they've been unbeaten against top 6 sides for 2 years now. Arteta aint ever touching Klopp's legacy

[@fredylucas2484]

Arsenal will win Double this season

[@PROgaming-fm6yu]

Craig quickly back tracking there! hahahah

[@addojoseph1969]

A massive results for Liverpool

[@tusharimdad9595]

As a Gooner I admit that Liverpool's forward line is far better; they counter attack far better and midfield is more creative and solid. Only our defence matches theirs. Liverpool have shown a tendency of drawing to teams they should be beating and so there is still hope if we can go on a post-Dubai run like last season. Also if Liverpool have been lucky with injuries so far; if they lose a few key players like we have then it could swing momentum to us. They're definitely clear favourites.

[@Chip_in]

You can't pull the injury card out. Liverpool have had a lot of injuries too. The difference between them and Arsenal is they don't need to resort to the dark arts 20 minutes after kick off ⛳

[@zacka9438]

Surprise suprise when you play the back four u started with at the beginning of the season u end up keeping clean sheets. Please slot continue playing tsmikas and I hope Konate stays fit.

[@jonchapman86]

Liverpool have a much better attack than Arsenal, Saka is Arsenal's best attacker and he wouldn't even start for Liverpool.

[@ogkush09]

Slot’s second half adjustments have been essential in earning points

[@dead_r33d]

Darwin is the ultimate paradox. what a miracle of a player 🤩😍 love that lad

[@eL--RaL]

No you don't!! I'm sure you were cū rsîng at him before his fluke goals 😭

[@anthonyswade47]

Lol come on he's rubbish 95% of the time...... pssh tlking bout miracle of a player 😂😂😂

[@juukocharles8689]

Not more than me. Gives 100%. Unlucky with goals, but when he plays others, scores

[@bon3s325]

6 points is the difference with a game in hand that's the difference

[@dead_r33d]

1:33 Craig keeps hoping Arsenal hang in there 😂 he still finds it hard to accept (because of his predictions) that Liverpool are comfortably above Arsenal - and will win this title

[@starzgalaxy17]

A result that feels like another step 🤞still a long way to go

[@Eduthedude]

0:26 say the whole quote, don’t cut it up and make it as gospel. He said no disrespect to them and that at the moment they’re a better team. He was very respectful and the quote should reflect that.

[@Karmatashii]

Thomas frank "Liverpool are a level above Arsenal and City, they are the best team in the world" We'll just leave it at that.

[@chriscam686]

How good is Gravenberch McAllister and Sobo……

[@jayjaz1873]

Stevie is right about Liverpool steamrolling their way to the title

[@colinellicott9737]

Darwin looked as surprised as I was ... Trent got his game face back on, and Dom S. was a beast, carrying Mac, and Ryan. Defense was relatively solid, but Diaz, Gak, and Mo were absent. Great result, but that is no way to win the league ... on a wish and a prayer. We need to be better.

[@TerryNaidu-p7i]

Nonsense. NO team is 100% all of the time.

[@mpangau1]

6 points different with 1 game in hand

[@irfanon8567]

Craig mentions that both gakpo and salah were quiet.. from what i saw, gakpo was the busier of the two.. salah was totally missing throughout the game.. should've been subbed him off for chiesa within the hour, instaed diaz who was trying his best was subned off.. its kinda obvious that slot is afraid of subbing off salah..

[@KunalGurungVlogs]

Felt like all the lads gave up at the end. But not Trent and Nunez.

[@MartinRock-ex4hf]

How come no one mentions how injury prone jota is?

[@LongaGeorge-y7d]

Because anytime he gets fit he starts firing directly and even if he plays only 10 games a season, he will end up scoring more goals than a lot of strikers 😊

[@jayjay6357]

Lets laugh at Arsenal 😂

[@ortegaJfk]

Lmao look who's talking 😭😭😭

[@DidiFennecDZ]

​@@ortegaJfkafter 4 PL in row Arsenal 0 PL since 2004 🏆🕸

[@JayLFC404]

Lets laugh at you 115 times

[@ibrahimali4869]

Liverpool fan but no one can really banter city like that especially Arsenal fans. They've literally won 4 pls in a row. ​@@JayLFC404

[@carlhole-maloney3249]

I work with an Arsenal fan he blamed the injuries.

[@prabha71]

Woah.. First week of no "Arsenal are closing the gap" statements.

[@indexpictures]

today the whole back 4 was good but yes generally the fullbacks are a problem. Gomez should come in at LB when fit

[@imrankarmali507]

Liverpool will drop points against a Bournemouth and the same weekend Arsenal will drop points against Mancity. If Liverpool beat Bourmouth that weekend I believe they will go on to win the title. That is a very tough match for LFC . Unfortunately I think they could drop 2 points

[@addojoseph1969]

Congratulations once again

[@SkywalkerXxX]

The difference is Liverpool are the most successful English club ever in the history of English football

[@alvin6638]

LFC fan here I think it's safe to call the title ours if we reach a 9pts gap against 2nd place anytime. We have see enough that the chasing pack are inconsistent even though we can drop points ourselves.

[@Patrick-sheen]

Good ebening

[@MichèleNoriega-k6d]

🤣😂🤣😂. Why??

[@carltonchristie1467]

Liverpool is a very good team. Look at how they play Nottingham Forrest. . I figured that the game would end in a nil all draw. Good day for Liverpool not so for arsenal

[@jdstan9650]

Craig, you're supposed to know who beats who in the PL, you lazy muppet! In fact, you're supposed to pay attention, actually watch games, and obtain knowledge instead of mailing in your opinion (like you have been for years). ESPN must be desperate to employ any former player with a British accent.

[@kyranosaur]

"Not much between them" - aside from the forwards

[@addojoseph1969]

If we are able to win more matches then we are true

[@jayjaz1873]

Craig Burley is delusional if he thinks there is no difference between Liverpool and Arsenal. Liverpool is head and shoulder above every other team

[@poolfans]

Actually it’s the depth. And of course experience from 2019 team LFC are so deep in depth. Jota even not available. Elliot, Jones, Nunez. And we have got 2 good full back Tsimikas and Bradley. I can chiesa will be very good for LFC We have 2 players for every position. We do not need more in Jan transfer window. Only center back if Quansah couldn’t make it to the first team. And of course if LFC decided to let Trent, Salah maybe even Robo and Alisson go. Then we need a left back, winger in the summer.

[@MadLFC]

Let's compare the two opinions here. One is the Brentford manager who is a very good manager with top level football knowledge who has seen Liverpool, City and Arsenal up close. The other opinion is from an average player/twerp who dislikes Liverpool and who has NO football management expertise. I'll let you figure out which opinion is valid. 😂

[@sf5912]

Where are all the Stevie haters today? 😂 Get in have some of that! Stevie legend! YNWA

[@UPGERADEDtitancamrea]

Don’t make any excuses for Arsenal, they had the chance to win the league last season but crumbled under pressure. I think Liverpool are the better team overall this season and will win the league easy.

[@abdulazizmohdsani3282]

Great different between Liverpool & arsenal Liverpool had Very good players to score goals Likewise arsenal depended on certain players When Saka got injured..they hardly scored through an open games

[@zuhairisafwan1227]

Diaz should be booked twice…technical foul and dive

[@Samwilson28]

Arteta needs help. Squad is very thin and more injuries happening. Need bigger squad. Owners need to buy more quality players to the squad.

[@shaunjohn590]

He's spent millions and we've spent nothing, you need to realise you have no leaders and complete bottlejobs 😂😢😅

[@kofow483]

Espn fc would be so much better without Burley and Moreno

[@jimwilson-kl2xs]

Who goes for a shower in 90th minute, 0-0, Craig Burley

[@goat6262]

Arsenal Are The biggest Joke Club 😂

[@imrankarmali507]

The main man for this Liverpool team is VVD. He is the pillar to this team. Without him as the back. LFC will always struggle. FSG need to extend l his contract asap. Would rather loose Salah and Trent for VVD.

[@TerryNaidu-p7i]

Craig Burley barely gives credit to Liverpool. Always cynical in his assessment. He says Liverpool & Arsenal are close...not much difference. SERIOUSLY??? Wow!! Old age is catching up with this old fart. With a game in hand vs Ipswich at home...we will be 10 points clear I hope. Is this 2nd half of the season gonna be a Uruguan affair🤣

[@dead_r33d]

what a day to be a Liverpool fan. and arsenal play just after us and draw. thank you Arsenal 😂

[@danielainger]

There is a difference between them it’s called Mentality and Arsenal lack it.

[@tashsavage6582]

Arsenal didn’t beat us this year our only league defeat was forest

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Came out of the shower, was that a euphemism? sure there was running water!

[@jessicaw5437]

liverpool is better but they will drop points so it's not out of the question that arsenal can come back and win the league(arsenal fan here)

[@shanque007]

Liverpool rode their luck, Arsenal ran out of their luck 😅

[@kadarabdullahi]

Stay humble Arsenal 😂

[@shaunjohn590]

Laughing so hard at the bottle 🍼 jobs😂

[@pure_garage]

nunez to score against Lille next. lets get ittt

[@joferl9744]

I hope if Liverpool loses the league this season no one changes their tune

[@Musemaukweli4320]

Arteta deliberately costed arsenal loose points by playing partey at back right and force useless slow merino in midfield for 90minutes yet we have tall natural defender kiwior in bench who can replace saliba and win all games

[@thabanesutu79]

Also, Liverpool have a brutal run-in. City away, Chelsea away, Villa away, Fulham away, Brighton away. These are tough games. Factor in champions league and international breaks, so many twists and turns still to come

[@MikkelMane]

If Liverpool beat Everton and Arsenal that’s a 12 point gap and Arsenal aren’t making up 12 points

[@thabanesutu79]

@ Exactly! That’s the game that worries me the most. It’s a derby, Everton’ last game against Liverpool at Goodison, Moyes back in charge. It’s going to be some atmosphere. I think that’s where Liverpool can pull away if they win, provided they win their games before then.

[@afolabiquadri8106]

And Arsenal can't win at home

[@zyli7083]

Funnily Liverpool is unbeaten away 😂 this season

[@thabanesutu79]

@ I know crazy right? Hahahahaha

[@deepakkarda1448]

YNWA

[@hassannoorabdullahi2065]

Arsenal and city the Rest of heters were like Yess till it was 90. And then they were like heeh 😮 after 93 min. YouWillNeverWalkAlone 👊

[@ronn3988]

Liverpool maybe short of defenders but they hve attackers😂😂😂

[@curtiswilson9997]

Liverpool don't win yet this is the epl ..

[@shanemurphy8682]

Trent stopped mbumeo twice and Wissa from having one on one's which is his job like no big deal!! But Clearly Lebouf didn't watch the match or hes an idiot!! Could go either way😂😂😂

[@PranayChopra]

Hello hello .. so when liverpool scores 2 goals in injury time is incredible but united does it is embarrassing . Incredible bias 🤣👌🏻

[@trinigodblessyouth4964]

😂😂😂😂did u guys hear Peter Dury? He said He must have indigestion 😂😂😂because I know he not saying the ball hit his stomach..😂😂😂out right Hands ...Liverpool could win... City can win 12 times so longs it's not Arsenal..Spurs...or Man united...😂😂😂

[@kushalkashyap1567]

Refree

[@DidiFennecDZ]

Arsenal 😂et

[@SamuelNaidoo]

Liverpool ❤❤❤

[@FeastWorldKitchen2024]

lol Steve you’re embarrassing yourself. Do you have a crystal ball that shows the future? “What does this mean for Darwin Nunez? -Nothing” How do you know? A confidence player can have a streak of form. You used the Newcastle brace as an example of when you thought Darwin turned a corner but he didn’t. Your memory is trash haha: over the next 4.5 months after Newcastle he was good - linked well with Salah and on 21 January 2024 became the first Premier League player of the season to have 10 goals and 10 assists across all competitions. Yes he missed chances but that’s because Liverpool 23-24 generated like 20 big chances per game lol. I’d take his Sept ‘23 - Jan ‘24 streak of form over the next 4.5 months. Anyone with any sense would take that version of Darwin, and if he gives LFC that, they’ll win the PL title and hoist 1 or 2 other cups. Stop being a prisoner of the current moment. His recent performances were bad. But at time at LFC and especially at Benfica he can get hot!

[@DelJuvePiero]

FIRST Edit: Turns out I'm second, just like Arsenal :(

[@dead_r33d]

lmao 😂 good one

[@eL--RaL]

Salah ghosted as usual without G/A so much that Futmob app thought he was benched the whole game 😂

[@MichèleNoriega-k6d]

Begone!! La Liga and Pep sycophant.

[@maneshipocrates]

Delusional Arsenal fans. Its January and they collapsed again.

[@sjchan3199]

Yh try all the injuries. Look at all the injuries weve had since start of season, theyve had 2. Stupid ref decision cost us 12 points, Ridiculous comparison when we have an injury crisis. Looserpool had one and it was all sympathy we have ond the mexia anx pundits slag the team off. ABSOULUTE joke double standards

[@JR-sj1jz]

Bournemouth went to Newcastle with 6 teenagers on their bench and a couple of 20 year olds due to an injury crisis. And did what Arsenal couldn't do at home by beating Newcastle away. Emphatically too. If you have a 2-0 lead at home, you should be winning that game.

[@shaunjohn590]

Bottle 🍼 rs😂😅🎉

[@shaunjohn590]

Alisson out, Gomez konate jota and more, you only got saka out

[@achillesc6703]

Why are arsenal fans such whiny crybabies? 😂😂

[@neilpa]

Arsenal will draw or lose their next game most likely.

[@leviathon18]

i think if arsenal get zubamendi and a striker they will be a serious force to win the league next season

[@nawwk79]

Unless Darwin Nunez scores the winning goals in every single match he plays from now until the end of the season. He is still and always will be a useless waste of money garbage player.

[@flickchic238]

Liverpool are not the best team in the world. They're the best team in England.

[@lisamontagno1988]

Not the best even I England

[@TheSaxon.]

Well, who's better? They're currently/factually the best team in Europe at the moment and the best team in Europe is the best team in the world.

[@biggiesmall1212]

Such a hater comment😂 look at the table both EPL & UCL...😊

[@MichèleNoriega-k6d]

Meaningless, bitter comment coming from a Man Ure fan.

[@ronn3988]

They have champions Leagues and they r in top in the Eufa champions league.use ur brain not emotions when making decisions 😂😂😂