Style & Steal! (Adam) | Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal fans in North America, AFTV is coming to you. We're heading to Toronto, LA, New York and Las Vegas. So sign up now to be first in line for tickets. Can't wait. Hi, welcome to AFTV. I've got Adam with me after a 1-0 win against Liverpool at... Anfield. Yes. Ding, ding, ding, ding. It's 14 years. It's been a very sweet and I'm sure a very enjoyable one. But Arsenal... How do you assess Jamaica? Were they at their brilliant best or was it just a comprehensive win? Is it a win of champions? Is it an ugly win? Is it a poor win? What is it? I definitely wouldn't say it was an ugly win. I think, you know, we've all talked about the stylistic nature of Arsenal since Mikel Arteta. But I think this had the perfect balance, perfect balance of attacking threat on the break. We could have scored more than one goal. Solis was very unlucky. I personally believe he had a brilliant game, okay? We disagreed in the first half. We did. First half, yeah, we disagreed. But the second half, he was a lot better. He was. He was absolutely brilliant. And that was an amazing save as well. Very good save. Full-length save, you know, sort of, yeah, very difficult to get down to that. So I think, you know, defences win titles. We've said that before. But I think the reality is he's now combining style and steel. And both of those things win you championships. And, you know, I honestly think we could have won by more than one goal. I think, you know, I don't think Liverpool have any way of making a case that they could or should have got a draw from this. I think it would have been absolute daylight robbery if they had, to be perfectly honest with you. So I think, you know, Arsenal were controlled. They were decisive in the right moments. They were calm. And what I said last season after, I think, we played Sunderland, Everybody can clamour for... attacking games from start to finish but the reality is attacking games there's not always that control that you want in a game that ends 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, we don't want that, we don't want to be a part of that, we want to be winning games so i think some people are getting a bit greedy in terms of What they actually want. I don't think you can criticise that performance. I think, to be quite honest, we were absolutely brilliant. And had it been 2-0, I think that would have been a fair scoreline, to be honest. That would have been a great scoreline. I think a lot of fans were, Arsenal fans especially, in that stadium, thinking we could get second here. But ended 1-0. And rightly so. Style and still. I like that. Is it one big step? Before we finish, last question. Is it one big step in that title race? Of course, a lot of people, the obvious answer is yes. With three points down on the top and whatnot. I'm talking about the seismic shift of a win like this at Anfield for us. Is it something that you would say... This is the reason why we probably will go back-to-back for games like this. Do you think that... Is that fair to say? Yeah, I mean, Arteta's Arsenal is an Arsenal of firsts. First time in a Champions League final for 20 years. First time winning here at Anfield. Hopefully, first time winning up at the Etihad whenever we go up there. I think it's later in the season. First time winning a Champions League, I believe it. First time going back-to-back winning Premier Leagues, I believe it. So, I mean, Arteta's got the belief. Our fans, I think, have the belief on the whole. So I think Arteta's Arsenal is a new Arsenal. It's an Arsenal of first occasions, first times, new moments. A lot of us don't remember, you know, wins at Anfield, especially the younger generation. You know, I remember watching that game. But, you know, there'll be a lot of people in the Arsenal fan base that don't remember these big victories. And I used to, as someone said earlier, you know. Oh, let's hope for a draw. Let's nick a point. Let's go away with a point and leave it to another day sort of thing. But I think Man City are unpredictable. I think at the moment we are probably the most predictable side in terms of the wins that we're getting and the results that we're getting. And I think unpredictability versus predictability in a positive way is much, much better. I want to finish off by wishing you a very happy birthday. And your birthday was a good luck charm today. Thank you, I appreciate that. Arsenal fans in North America, AFTV is coming to you. We're heading to Toronto, LA, New York and Las Vegas. So sign up now to be first in line for tickets. Can't wait.