'It was brutal' - Jurgen Klopp shares reaction to Liverpool draw with Arsenal and Anfield atmosphere

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool should have beaten Arsenal on Saturday after a 1-1 draw at Anfield that leaves them second in the Premier League. And the Reds boss hailed Trent Alexander-Arnold's assist for Mohamed Salah's equaliser as "one of the best passes I have ever seen in my life".

Liverpool behind inside five minutes when Gabriel headed in from Martin Odegaard's free-kick into the box before Salah smashed past Raya following a sensational pass from deep by Alexander-Arnold, who had taken up a position between the two centre-backs.

Alexander-Arnold struck the bar on the counter-attack in the second period after the Reds had created a four-on-one scenario with the Arsenal defence and Klopp feels his team should have collected maximum points to spend Christmas Day at the top of the Premier League.

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“It was two top teams, that's what I saw," the Liverpool said. "What does that say about Man City, Tottenham, Aston Villa? Nothing. They are top teams as well, just with fewer points.

"I just saw two really good football teams, a really good game, super-intense, top, top top moments for us, could have won, maybe should have won. All the news I have so far I forgot completely Trent’s crossbar [chance], with that chance we should have won the game.

"Besides that, they had the better start, we came back into the game, the atmosphere was outstanding, it was brutal and really nice to see what we can do all together.

"The reaction to the 1-0 was fantastic, we were super-intense, nearly too intense, we tried massively to influence from