Liverpool heaped more away-day Premier League misery on Arsenal with a swaggering 4-0 victory on Super Sunday.
The Gunners are now winless in their last 13 league away games against last season's top six teams while - in contrast - the vibrant Reds are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches versus the same clubs.
Despite hefty speculation about the futures of Alexis Sanchez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arsene Wenger, who was subject of chants to be sacked from the away end, started both while new signing Alexandre Lacazette was left out.
It was a humbling afternoon for all concerned at Arsenal, who failed to register a shot on target during the 90 minutes.
There have been 38 goals scored in the last nine Premier League fixtures (an average of 4.2 goals per game) between these two and Liverpool took just 17 minutes to get rolling.
Petr Cech had already stopped a certain goal from Salah when Granit Xhaka lost possession down the right, which gave Joe Gomez a chance to deliver. He found Firmino with a peach of a cross and the Brazilian headed home from 12 yards.
Firmino played it out to the left for Mane, who checked into the box before curling a brilliant shot into the far corner, beyond Cech's dive.
Wenger tried to tighten up his midfield at half-time by bringing on Francis Coquelin for Aaron Ramsey, however, the mistakes at the back kept on coming. Hector Bellerin was caught in possession by Salah on half-way and the speedy winger sailed through on goal. Cech came out to meet him but the Liverpool man finished calmly for 3-0.
That wasn't the end of the torture for the away end as substitute Sturridge took just five minutes to add his name to the scoresheet with a back post header following a pin-point Salah cross.
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