Liverpool: Superb Jota spoils Arsenal’s night of big expectation

Phil McNulty, BBC chief football writer at Emirates Stadium

The absence of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane was bemoaned when Liverpool drew a blank against Arsenal’s defiant 10 men in the first leg at Anfield – but there were no such complaints here, with Diogo Jota the match-winner.

He has proved a wonderfully consistent addition when measured by goals and performances, and this was a superb individual display that more than compensated for the absence of the Reds’ world-class duo.

He has scored 27 goals in 57 games for the club, including 14 this season, his second in particular a masterpiece…