The Arsenal al Liverpool in the fight for Premier League. In a cold match full of errors, the ‘Gunners’ got oil from a mess between Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson Becker and left the three points in London (3-1), staying one step away from the leadership that is still in the hands of the ‘Reds’ (3-1).
Mikel Arteta’s men inflicted on Liverpool their first defeat in domestic competition since they lost to Tottenham Hotspur with the famous goal disallowed to Luis Díaz for a non-existent offside.
It was a lackluster, dominating victory based on an error between Van Dijk and Alisson in the second half that left Martinelli with an empty goal to seal the three points.
Even without Mohamed Salah, injuredJürgen Klopp’s team played a too passive match, as if knowing themselves inferior and far from those who won 0-2 in the same scenario less than a month ago in the FA Cup.
The dominance of Arteta’s men turned into a goal very soonat fourteen minutes, when Zinchenko broke inside, he found Martin Odegaard in the ’10’ position and the Norwegian dismantled Liverpool’s defensive line with a first touch that left only Kai Havertz.
The German, familiar with folly, he missed the one-on-one match against Alissonbut the rejection It fell to Saka so he could score at will. It was a deserved goal and one that marked the tranquility of the first half.
Liverpool were not even there, until in the final thirty seconds of added time a calamity gave them the tie. William Saliba protected a ball over Luis Díaz inside the area, but the Colombian grabbed him and stole his wallet. He touched it with his toe and his shot hit Gabriel’s hand and slipped into the goal. Out of nowhere, Liverpool got gold.
But football, for once fair, imparted equality and in the 67th minute the catastrophe returned to Liverpool, who let the game slip away with a long and innocent ball.
Van Dijk protected the ball from Martinelli, waiting for Alisson to come out, but the Brazilian kicked into the air, Van Dijk over-braked and Martinelli only had to push the ball into an empty goal.
Out of nowhere, Arsenal regained the lead and only had to protect themselves from a Liverpool, who on an offensive level completed one of their poorest gameswith just one shot on goal in the ninety minutes.
The expulsion of Ibrahima Konaté did not help in the 88th minute for a double yellow, after two unnecessary fouls, which left the ‘Reds’ even more unprotected and allowed Leandro Trossardwith the help again of Van Dijk, who deflected the Belgian’s shot and changed the trajectory to Alisson, killing the match in added time.
He Liverpool remains leader, with 51 unitsbut reduces your advantage two points behind Arsenal (49)Meanwhile he Manchester City, if they win the two fewer games they have, will climb to the first step of the Premier League.
Datasheet:
Arsenal, 3: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko (Kwior, m.46); Odegaard, Rice, Jorginho; Saka (Nelson, m.79), Havertz and Martinelli (Trossard, m.74).
Liverpool, 1: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold (Robertson, m.58), Konaté, Van Dijk, Gomez (Thiago, m.85); Gravenberch (Elliott, m.58), Mac Allister, Jones; Jota, Gakpo (Darwin, m.58) and Díaz.
Goals: 1-0, m.14: Saka. 1-1, m.48+: Gabriel, in own goal. 2-1, m.67: Martinelli. 3-1, m.92: Trossard.
Referee: Anthony Taylor. White (m.31), Gabriel (m.57), Kiwior (m.69), Saliba (m.91), Rice (m.94) and Havertz (m.95) were cautioned by Arsenal, and Gomez (m.25) and Núñez (m.90) on behalf of Liverpool. He sent off Konaté for a double yellow (m.55 and 88).
Incidences: Match corresponding to matchday 23 of the Premier League played at the Emirates Stadium (London).
2024-02-04 19:22:11
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