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Gary Neville tells Granit Xhaka he ‘broke Anfield rule by winding the crowd up’ when he clashed with Trent Alexander-Arnold before Arsenal threw away two-goal lead to draw with Liverpool in blow to their title hopes

Gary Neville has said Granit Xhaka broke one of Anfield's cardinal rules for visiting teams after he engaged with Trent Alexander-Arnold and appeared to rile the crowd up.

Arsenal led 2-0 inside 28 minutes at Anfield on Sunday, with Mikel Arteta's side quicker to every ball and more incisive with their passing and pressing, not allowing Liverpool a moment's peace.

However, with half-time fast approaching Xhaka was brought down near the touchline on the far side and reacted angrily to not being awarded a free-kick by referee Paul Tierney.