Arsenal secured their first win of the season with a ruthless performance at Anfield. Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla did the damage with a goal in each half, but it was a victory built on the foundations of a third successive clean sheet and a majestic showing from Abou Diaby who ran the game in the centre of the park. We started with confidence, knocking the ball around nicely, but aside from a couple of bookings to Mertesacker and Arteta for late challenges on the edge of the Arsenal box, there was little of merit to talk about in the first 25 minutes. Liverpool seem to have accumulated a series of small, nippy players in the Arsenal mould and the likes of Allen, Borini, Suarez and Sterling all tested the patience of our defence. Jenkinson was tidy in the challenge for the third game in succession, but his passing still leaves much to be desired. Gibbs was terrific on the break, his pace down the left wing a fine outlet when turning defence into attack; his final ball though is incredibly frustrating. Vermaelen and Mertesacker continued their decent form. If there was a man of the match award for the first 45 minutes it had Abou Diaby's name all over it. The French international had a storming game in the centre of the park. Aware that Arteta was always behind him, he wiggled out of tight situations time and time again and carried the ball with all the dynamism of