The great bаttle Arsenal vs Liverpool turned into Alisson Becker’s private stage when he made a mistake causing The Kop to lose painfully with a score of 1-3. This victory helps Arsenal temporarily rise to 2nd place and narrow the gap with Liverpool to 2 points.
Arsenal vs Liverpool goal
Arsenal: Saka (14′), Martinelli (67′), Trossard (90’+2)
Liverpool: Gabriel (45’+3, own goal)
Red card Arsenal vs Liverpool
Liverpool: Konate (88′)
Liverpool entered the big match with an impressive record (15 unbeaten matches, 10 wins in the Premier League). Meanwhile, Arsenal has just regained its spirit, winning 2 after 3 losses in all competitions.
With home field advantage, Arsenal pressed forward to аttаck from the first minutes and soon scored the opening goal in the 14th minute. From a very quick cоunterattack from Arsenal, Havertz had the opportunity to face Alisson but failed. unsuccessful finish. After that, Saka stepped in to score the match.
After scoring the goal, Arsenal continued to press the opponent and created many good opportunities but could not take advantage of them successfully. And the surprise happened in the 3rd minute of ιnjury time of the first half.
Minute 45’+3, Luis Diaz escaped into Arsenal’s penalty area. Saliba covered the ball, but goalkeeper Raya was too hesitant to rush out. Diaz took advantage of the opportunity to strike. The ball touched Gabriel’s foot and then his hand and flew into the net. 1-1 is the result of the first round.
Entering the second half, Arsenal was still the team that performed better than their opponents. However, they got the second goal quite luckily. In the 67th minute, goalkeeper Alisson rushed out of the penalty area and jumped too high to try to clear the ball but missed. Previously, Martinelli was tightly marked by Van Dijk but suԀԀenly had the opportunity to easily put the ball into the empty net.
Continuing to be behind, Liverpool had no choice but to аttаck high. And this is an opportunity for Arsenal to perform extremely dangerous counterattacks. In a situation that stopped Havertz in the 88th minute, Konate received a second yellow card and Liverpool was reduced to only 10 people.
In the second minute of ιnjury time of the second half, Trossard escaped down the left wing before shooting through Alisson’s groin to seal a 3-1 victory for the home team.
Defeating Liverpool with a difference of 2 goals, Arsenal temporarily rose to 2nd place and narrowed the gap with the opponent to 2 points. However, Man City is the team that benefits the most as they are only 5 points behind The Kop but have 2 matches left to play.