So, to paraphrase Curtis Jones, what a week that was then at Liverpool

Six more points on the board for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have taken them to within a whisker of top spot in the Premier League and the Reds manager is now breathing down the neck of Pep Guardiola with just one point separating the two great rivals.

It promises to be an electric few weeks following, supporting and indeed covering Liverpool then, doesn't it?

In another busy few days that have taken supporters to Brighton and London - with a trip to Nottingham still to come on Sunday - the Reds have been able to take their biggest step forward yet in the title race after taking full advantage of Manchester City's stumble at Crystal Palace on Monday by beating Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates.

Arsenal used to be something of a measuring stick for Liverpool and where their various 'projects' were up to in terms of progress. They were a side who always seemed to be just that bit further along in their own development over much of this century.

They had an iconic manager whose power and influence spread right across the club in Arsene Wenger and the Gunners were a real force against which Liverpool could gauge their own efforts during those years as the settled nature of their club helped recruit a string of fairly unheralded names before they became world stars.

Those roles are decidedly reversed now with Klopp at the helm at Anfield and for all Mikel Arteta's progress this season, he will know he has some way to go to get near this current Liverpool team - one who they did not score past in four meetings this season. Since November Arsenal have been beaten home and away in the Premier League and dumped out of the Carabao Cup at the semi-final stage by Liverpool. Arteta will hope it is some time before they meet again.

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