Liverpool 4 - Arsenal 0: Wenger's men crumble at Anfield as Reds punish title rivals

Goals from Liverpool’s lethal attacking unit of Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Daniel Sturridge rocked their title rivals.

Arsenal barely threatened and looked all at sea with three men at the back.

And the performance will raise once question marks over Wenger’s transfer policy with Thursday’s deadline looming.

Wenger has bought just two players this summer and a raft of stars are into the final years of their contracts.

Alexis Sanchez, one of those who is refusing to sign a new deal, made his first appearance of the season but barely affected play.

Instead, Liverpool dominated the ball and record-signing Salah looked lethal all afternoon alongside Firmino and Mane.

It was a Gunners mistake that led to the opener and the visitors lost possession in midfield and in an instant Joe Gomez was crossing for Firmino to head home.

Mane soon made it 2-0 - this time on the counter attack, displaying the sort of clinical finishing a Wenger side of old would have deemed routine.

And when another defensive lapse gave Salah a whole half to run in on goal unimpeded to score the third, Arsenal’s heads dropped.

Sturridge added a fourth - heading home Salah’s cross after another counter that started in Liverpool’s own box.

By that time Sanchez had been subbed off, with record signing Alexandre Lacazette coming on.

But it will take a lot more than one big-money striker to sort out this Gunners side.