Brendan Rodgers was pleased with Liverpool’s back four despite the fact he though the Reds’ could have left the Emirates with all three points.
Liverpool are yet to concede a goal this season and have picked up seven points from three games.
The back four is yet to be altered this campaign and the manager is encouraged by another clean sheet.
Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, he said: “Our performance level is growing all the time, you see our defensive organisation was very good against a top-class team. The overriding feeling is we get a point, a clean sheet and we move to the next game.
“With my teams the focus is always very much on the football element.
But anyone who has followed my career as a youth coach through into senior management, it’s very much about the intensity of how we press and that cohesion as a team.
“That was something that drifted last season, for sure, so it was very important, especially with a number of new players coming in, that our defensive organisation was super organised. That’ll be the platform for us with all our creative talent.”
Philippe Coutinho hit the bar and had a shot tipped onto the post by Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech who was forced to pull out a string of great saves in the opening half.
Forward Christian Benteke caused a number of problems for the Gunners defence, as did new signing Roberto Firmino who was starting a competitive game for the first time under Rodgers.
Benteke himself could have got on the scoresheet for the second game running but Cech was in fine form, and Rodgers felt that his Belgian hitman left nothing on the pitch at full-time.
“He had a period of about 10-15 minutes, Petr, where he made some fantastic saves. I think [Christian] has done everything he possibly could, he’s stretching on it and he gets his contact,” explained Rodgers.
“It was a good save and congratulations to the ‘keeper. Both ‘keepers were good, I thought – Simon Mignolet had to make a couple of good saves for us.”
