Raila witness Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at Emirates Stadium

March 16, 2022 Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli in action with Liverpool's Joel Matip and Trent Alexander-Arnold Action Images via Reuters

Arsenal fan Raila Odinga on Wednesday night watched Liverpool beat Gunners 2-0 to cut Manchester City's once double-digit lead at the top of the Premier League table to a single point.

Despite earlier on predicting his team would score two goals against Liverpool, it was Reds  who came out strong to leave the title race wide open.

 “Tonight we play Liverpool. I know Liverpool are closely trailing and watching leaders Manchester City but it will be a different story at Emirates. Arsenal will score two goals against Liverpool,” said the ODM leader before the match.

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader takes a break from the political campaigns after he was crowned the Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate.

FULL TIME: Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
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— Robert Abong'o (@ab_robah) March 16, 2022

Arsenal, who had won their last five league games, had largely dominated the first half, but the game tipped decisively early in a frenetic second half as Liverpool extended their own relentless winning run.

The breakthrough came just minutes after a misplaced backpass had almost gifted Arsenal a goal, when Portuguese Diogo Jota got ahead of the London side's defence on 54 minutes to beat goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at his near post.

The result was effectively sewn up eight minutes later by Roberto Firmino who squeezed the ball under the Arsenal goalkeeper again after his side had twice failed to clear the ball from their own box.

Arsenal remains fourth in the log on 51 points 19 points behind leaders Manchester City and 18 points behind  Liverpool.