One word player ratings: Arsenal blitz Liverpool

Liverpool's London woes continue.

The Merseysiders poor run against Arsenal at the Emirates goes on and their hopes of a return to the Champions League may now be dashed after today's 4-1 loss. Arsenal blitzed Liverpool in the first-half, scoring three goals in eight frantic minutes and holding on for a valuable win. A tame Jordan Henderson penalty never looked like sparking Brendan Rodgers side back into the game, Emre Can's sending-off, and Giroud's cracking finish, compounded an awful day for Liverpool. We know you're busy people, so here's how we rated the sides, in one word:

Arsenal

David Ospina: Tame Hector Bellerin: Varied Per Mertesacker: Untested Laurent Koscielny: Injury Nacho Monreal: Present Francis Coquelin: Shield Aaron Ramsey: Energetic Mesut Ozil: Sublime Santi Cazorla: Maestro Alexis Sanchez: Lethal Olivier Giroud: Classy Subs: Mathieu Flamini: Sideways Danny Welbeck: Kicked

Liverpool

Simon Mignolet: Mixed Emre Can: Frustration Kolo Toure: Kolo Mamadou Sakho: Shaky Jordan Henderson: Average Joe Allen: Anonymous Lucas Leiva: Rusty Alberto Moreno: Atrocious Lazar Markovic: Stinking Philippe Coutinho: Effort Raheem Sterling: Overpriced? Subs: Daniel Sturridge: Minimal