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By Phil McNultyChief shot writer astatine Anfield
Last updated connected 6 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League
Excluding penalties, nary subordinate has scored much Premier League goals against Arsenal than Roberto Firmino (10, level with Robbie Fowler and Wayne Rooney).Roberto Firmino's precocious equaliser saw Arsenal's pb astatine the apical of the Premier League chopped to six points aft an incident-packed brushwood with Liverpool astatine Anfield.
The Gunners were successful cruise power with a two-goal pb wrong the archetypal half-hour arsenic they went successful hunt for their archetypal triumph astatine Liverpool since 2012, but were near bitterly disappointed arsenic they paid the terms for losing their subject successful spells and conceded that advantage.
Gabriel Martinelli pounced connected sloppy Liverpool defending to enactment Arsenal up aft 8 minutes past Gabriel Jesus roseate unmarked betwixt Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson to caput location astatine the Kop End.
Liverpool sparked into beingness aft a flashpoint betwixt Granit Xhaka and Trent Alexander-Arnold precocious successful the archetypal half, Mohamed Salah scoring astatine the acold station conscionable earlier the interruption to acceptable up a thriller.
There was a bizarre incidental astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional erstwhile referee's adjunct Constantine Hatzidakis appeared to elbow Liverpool defender Robertson arsenic the teams near the field.
In a melodramatic 2nd half, Salah missed his 2nd successive punishment erstwhile helium changeable wide aft Rob Holding fouled Diogo Jota earlier Firmino roseate astatine the acold station to caput location Alexander-Arnold's transverse with 3 minutes left.
In a frantic climax, Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale - who had already saved crucially from Darwin Nunez - produced 2 unthinkable stops from Salah and and Ibrahima Konate arsenic Mikel Arteta's pace-setters had to settee for a point, with Liverpool afloat deserving their stock of the spoils for a stirring fightback.
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Liverpool
Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold- Squad number5Player nameKonaté
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number26Player nameRobertson
Squad number14Player nameHenderson- Squad number3Player nameFabinho
- Squad number17Player nameJones
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah- Squad number18Player nameGakpo
- Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
- Squad number6Player nameThiago Alcántara
Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino- Squad number27Player nameNúñez
Arsenal
- Squad number1Player nameRamsdale
- Squad number4Player nameWhite
Squad number16Player nameHolding- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number35Player nameZinchenko
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
- Squad number5Player namePartey
Squad number34Player nameXhaka- Squad number7Player nameSaka
- Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus
- Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli
- Squad number3Player nameTierney
- Squad number15Player nameKiwior
- Squad number19Player nameTrossard
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-ArnoldBooked astatine 41mins
- 5Konaté
- 4van DijkBooked astatine 31mins
- 26RobertsonBooked astatine 45mins
- 14Henderson
- 3FabinhoBooked astatine 55minsSubstituted forFirminoat 78'minutes
- 17JonesSubstituted forThiago Alcántaraat 60'minutes
- 11Salah
- 18Gakpo
- 20JotaSubstituted forNúñezat 60'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Gomez
- 6Thiago Alcántara
- 7Milner
- 9Firmino
- 19Elliott
- 21Tsimikas
- 27Núñez
- 32Matip
- 62Kelleher
Arsenal
Formation 4-3-3
- 1RamsdaleBooked astatine 53mins
- 4WhiteBooked astatine 23mins
- 16Holding
- 6Gabriel
- 35ZinchenkoSubstituted forTierneyat 88'minutes
- 8ØdegaardSubstituted forKiwiorat 80'minutes
- 5Partey
- 34XhakaBooked astatine 41mins
- 7SakaBooked astatine 84mins
- 9Gabriel JesusSubstituted forTrossardat 80'minutes
- 11Martinelli
Substitutes
- 3Tierney
- 10Smith Rowe
- 15Kiwior
- 19Trossard
- 20Jorginho
- 21Fábio Vieira
- 24Nelson
- 30Turner
- 97Walters
Live Text
Match ends, Liverpool 2, Arsenal 2.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Arsenal 2.
Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt saved. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) with an effort from precise adjacent scope is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Núñez with a headed pass.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the apical near corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) close footed changeable from precise adjacent scope is excessively high. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
Hand shot by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
Attempt missed. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli.
Foul by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Goal! Liverpool 2, Arsenal 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from the near broadside of the six gait container to the apical near corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
Foul by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
Ben White (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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