Read Gooner Fanzine print writer Alan Alger and his regular post-match series: Three Things We Learned.

Here's Alan on a trio of topics he noticed during Arsenal's  end to end 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Anfield over the Easter weekend.

Arteta is still learning on the job (and that's fine)...

Apart from the long-term risk that it had to get worse before it got better (one that has paid off even if we don't win the league), another risk with having a manager in his first job is that, as I've said before, all of the first-timer mistakes get made at your club.

That said, I don't think Mikel Arteta did much wrong on Sunday. I think it was a broadly sensible plan to try and shore up everything and escape with a 2-1 once the pressure ramped up, and the subs weren't too far wrong in that respect. I can also see the other side of it too, Liverpool are vulnerable these days if you attack them, so it did remove a chance to attack their key weakness.

The way it all played out led to disappointment at the final whistle, but a draw at such a difficult place is certainly not a disaster. It still leaves Man City having to come at us at the Etihad and Arteta's plan should be built around their need to win that game more than we do. Another draw is absolutely fine and will return us as favourites to land the title.

Let's not turn the Emirates into Anfield...

Our boss and a few of the players once again bought into the myth that Anfield is a cauldron of noise, when it really isn't anything of the sort. Even when we were leading 1-0 you could hear the players on the pitch, it was that quiet (apart from our magnificent away support).

A lot was made of the Xhaka incident on TV, but I think that's a false narrative - one that Garth Crooks took to the extreme in his BBC column, with a baffling description of the Swiss star's contribution over the last two years (which we all know has been near faultless).

Another thing that raises the noise at Anfield is their own fans almost divine right to claim every single challenge on their players as a foul. Even a routine tackle from one of our players had them claiming for all sorts.

All home crowds do this to an extent, but none like Liverpool (and to an extent Manchester United). Also at 1-0 and 2-0 they didn't get behind their team at all, something we've turned around at the Emirates, with Gooners chanting as loudly after conceding as scoring to support the team into a comeback. Let's keep that up and keep the whingeing at a minimum.

Odegaard is never going to be an Adams or Vieira...

I do lament the end of the era of a 'roll your sleeves up' captain. I certainly have to square that off on occasions when I see our current captain Martin Odegaard fail to rally the troops when it becomes backs to the wall.

The defensive side to his game just isn't there and he got bullied by a midfield that is relatively weak by Liverpool standards. He, of course, has an abundance of very good points and has controlled plenty of games with top class performances all season, but then rarely against the better teams when it becomes a battle.

I just feel the captain's armband has been given to him by default because Arteta thinks the fans will be against Granit Xhaka having another chance. Granit would certainly get my vote to step back in and then let Odegaard focus on what he does best.

He should have come off earlier, but because he's captain I feel Arteta is obliged to keep him on, even in games that don't suit his style.