The Reds trailed by three goals at half-time due to Alessia Russo’s double and a Mariona Caldentey strike.
Teenager Zara Shaw came off the bench and pulled one back at the Kop end with her first WSL goal, but the Gunners were well worthy of their victory.
Post-match, Liverpool head coach Taylor spoke to Sky Sports. Read his reaction in full below.
On his assessment of the game and Liverpool’s performance…
Like a game of two halves for us. I think you can see, obviously, in the first half our intention is to be that kind of team, to be really on the front foot. But we’re playing against the European champions and there’s a big gulf in levels, and that’s what we’re striving to be. In the second half we have to fall into playing in a way that we don’t really want to, but of course we want it to be respectable.
So, I think it’s a good one for us today because the easy thing for us to do is just pack the play up and try and defend, but Arsenal will undo you at some point. I prefer to try and be what we were in the first half, we just got really outdone by their level of physicality, and fitness as well was a big one. But particularly the physicality and the way they were able to move the ball quickly and run past us. The girls are aware of where we need to improve and where to get better, but there’s been some positive signs and like I say it was a bit of a game of two halves.
