Philippe Coutinho gave Liverpool the lead from the corner 20 yards after a calm opening. Before that Mathieu Debuchy's far-post header gave Arsenal an improbable leveler one moment later in first-half stoppage time.
Arms stockpile led the pack on 64 minutes, Olivier Giroud getting the ball after a one-two with Santi Cazorla to range home from six yards.
Liverpool substitute Fabio Borini was sent off late on for grabbing two bookings in the space of four minutes, prior to the 10 men earned a point with Skrtel's late header from a corner.
Liverpool finished their weekend nine focuses off fourth, while Arsenal is sixth in the Premier League, four focuses off the Champions League places.
Liverpool overwhelmed ownership in the opening 45 minutes, however for all their try just truly tried Wojciech Szczesny once before proceeding.
Arms stockpile, who were 4-0 down in 20 minutes amid February's 5-1 annihilation at Anfield, attempted to achieve second apparatus, turning over ownership in unsafe positions for both Adam Lallana and Coutinho to adventure.
Lazar Markovic had the match's first risk, getting a ball from Steven Gerrard on the corner of the region before shaking off Danny Welbeck and Debuchy just for Szczesny to frustrate the Serb from six yards.
Markovic then lashed over from 20 yards in the wake of being put clear by Raheem Sterling, however the hosts were deservedly one up on 45 minutes.
Anyhow one moment later Arsenal was level. Alexis Sanchez's set-piece conveyance was going clear by previous Gunners protector Kolo Toure, just for Mathieu Flamini to head again over the case to the slinking Debuchy, who got above Skrtel to head home.
Flamini apparently ought to have been off the pitch five minutes prior after the Frenchman's thrashing arm got Lallana in midfield, yet ref Michael Oliver did not regard it a second bookable offense.
Gerrard's low stooping header from Sterling's traverse after the break, before the guests took a doubtful lead.
After extraordinary play on the left from Kieran Gibbs, Giroud traded passes with Cazorla before opening into the net through the legs of Brad Jones in the Liverpool net from short proximity.
Liverpool's Lucas Leiva lashed over in a decent position later on, before substitute Borini constrained a decent prevent from Szczesny in the wake of discovering space to head goalwards.
Borini was initially busy for discarding the ball in dissatisfaction at a choice by Oliver, and after four minutes the Italian scratched his boot over Cazorla's midsection for every second yellow.
At that point, with 97 minutes on the clock after a six-moment stoppage for a head damage on Skrtel, the Slovakian protector himself popped up from Lallana's corner to guide an influential header past Szczesny.
Man of the Match: Martin Skrtel
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