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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 2 (setup 5, season 18)
Arsenal
v.
Liverpool
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Petr CECH17Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Shkodran MUSTAFI27Nathaniel CLYNE
Per MERTESACKER73David ALABA
Aaron RAMSEY4Georginio WIJNALDUM
Laurent KOSCIELNY85Joël MATIP
Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA6Dejan LOVREN
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES67Mohamed SALAH
Henrikh MKHITARYAN8PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia
Alexandre LACAZETTE9Daniel STURRIDGE
Francis COQUELIN6107Sadio MANÉ
Danny WELBECK6116ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
Manager
Calum CHAMBERS12Adam LALLANA
David OSPINA Ramírez13Danny WARD
Krystian BIELIK146Joe GOMEZ
LUCAS Pérez Martínez15Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN
Granit XHAKA616Emre CAN

Arsenal 3 Liverpool 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 44,447, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Andy HALL 5½)
21 Lacazette, 53p Lacazette, 90 LacazetteScorers19 Philippe Coutinho, 48 Alaba
90 Gabriel Paulista <=> XhakaSubstitutions82 Mané <=> Gomez
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
5Fouls29
2Offsides1
10Shots on3
6Shots off6
16Total shots9
6Shots saved1
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Laurent KOSCIELNY
1The Liverpool 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from LACAZETTE.
3PHILIPPE COUTINHO touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
6The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Arsenal's LACAZETTE.
13A pin-point pass found ROBERTO FIRMINO and his right foot effort raced narrowly over.
15An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Liverpool 'keeper by WELBECK.
16Uncertainty in the Arsenal defence enabled WIJNALDUM to hammer an effort just wide.
19GOAL!! A mishit clearance dropped to SALAH who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily PHILIPPE COUTINHO was on hand to fire the ball into the net. (1-0 Liverpool)
21GOAL!! A tackle from ROBERTO FIRMINO gave Arsenal a free-kick twenty yards out which LACAZETTE fired past the Liverpool 'keeper. (1-1)
22A tame strike from STURRIDGE rolled agonisingly wide.
25A header by MKHITARYAN at the near post was comfortably collected by KARIUS.
28MERTESACKER ran onto a great ball from COQUELIN but fumbled his effort wide.
30MKHITARYAN flicked a looping shot wide from twenty yards out.
31RAMSEY made space on the right and pulled the ball to LACAZETTE who rasped the ball over.
36A penalty box meleé resulted in COQUELIN driving a low shot over.
39A delightful strike from COQUELIN was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper.
42A thirty yard drive from COQUELIN caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
43WIJNALDUM beat COQUELIN and whacked the ball to STURRIDGE who fired his shot wide.
 
48GOAL!! A delightful shot from MANÉ was palmed away by the Arsenal 'keeper only as far as ALABA who drove the ball past the stranded CECH. (2-1 Liverpool)
53GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Arsenal, after LOVREN had fouled MKHITARYAN, which LACAZETTE comfortably converted.
64A lovely effort from COQUELIN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
67MAITLAND-NILES hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
74PHILIPPE COUTINHO rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
84A drive from KOSCIELNY seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
87A corner bobbled toward MATIP who touched the ball inches over.
90GOAL!! LOVREN tried to play the ball out of the Liverpool penalty area but was tackled by COQUELIN who turned the ball to LACAZETTE for a simple goal. (3-2 Arsenal)