On 23 December, the 18th round match of the English Premier League between Liverpool and Arsenal took place. The game ended with a score of 1-1. After the match, Arsenal's head coach Mikel Arteta commented on the result:
"An incredible game, one of the most intense I have seen in 20 years in the Premier League. We played well in many moments, in the last 20 minutes we lacked something, but a draw is a fair result. We were determined to attack and create problems for them. This is a team that creates chaos, they played vertically and straight. They are the best in the world in this component.
I'm happy to be where we are. Tomorrow we'll have a great dinner with our families and then we'll get back to work.
This match is a big test and we definitely passed it. The guys were incredible. It was an incredible game between two teams that raised the bar to a new level. Both teams wanted to win and played to win. In the last 15-20 minutes, our team really wanted to win, but we did not find a quality moment in the last third to achieve this.
"Liverpool is the best team in the world that plays this kind of game. Gabriel Jesus just had a chance, and five seconds later the ball was in our penalty area. When we played here last year, we were missing some important players, important elements that you need to have to play like that against them. Today we had it," Arteta said.