Arsenal 3-4 Liverpool Highlights
Liverpool held on to beat Arsenal in a stunning Premier League opening weekend encounter at Emirates Stadium.
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75′ – GOAL – Arsenal 3-4 Liverpool
Calum Chambers got the merest glance with the forehead, and the ball drifted in at the far post beyond the diving Simon Mignolet.
65′ – GOAL – Arsenal 2-4 Liverpool
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain responds with an individual goal of his own, dancing in from the left before whipping in a shot that deceives Simon Mignolet, who really ought to have saved it.
63′ – GOAL – Arsenal 1-4 Liverpool
Sadio Mane bursts away down the right, then puts the foot on the accelerator to dash between Nacho Monreal and Calum Chambers, before unleashing an unstoppable shot between Petr Cech and the far post.
56′ – Goal for Liverpool
Georginio Wijnaldum feeds the ball wide right to Nathaniel Clyne, and his driven cross is thumped into the net first time by Philippe Coutinho.
49′ – Goal for Liverpool
Philippe Coutinho plays in Georginio Wijnaldum down the left, and he clips in a ball that Adam Lallana chests down before squeezing a shot between the legs of the advancing Petr Cech.
45+2′ – Goal for Liverpool
A wonderful free-kick equaliser from Philippe Coutinho. The Liverpool playmaker was held by Rob Holding, and responded by floating a 25-yarder over the wall and into the corner.
30′ – Goal for Arsenal
Alex Iwobi finds space to play a lovely ball through for Theo Walcott down the right who slots a shot across Simon Mignolet and into the far corner.
28′, 29′ – Penalty to Arsenal
Alberto Moreno slides in recklessly on Theo Walcott, and the referee gives a penalty. Walcott to take.
Not the greatest penalty from Walcott in truth, but Simon Mignolet gets across to his right and saves well.
Kick off: 16:00 BST
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Date: 14 Aug 2016
Head-to-head
Arsenal have lost just one of the 10 most recent league and cup meetings (W5, D4, L1).
Liverpool’s only win in their last 20 away trips to Arsenal in all competitions, spanning 15 years, came in the Premier League in August 2011 (W1, D8, L11).
There have been a Premier League record five hat-tricks in this fixture.
Premier League matches between these sides have produced an unrivalled 16 goals in the 90th minute or later. Liverpool have scored nine of those, with seven goals for Arsenal.
Arsenal
The Gunners have lost two of their last three home games on the opening weekend of the season.
They ended 2015-16 on a season’s best 10-match unbeaten run in the league (W5, D5).
Arsenal finished as high as second for the first time since 2005. However, they became the first team since Manchester United in 2003-04 not to win the Premier League after being top at the end of January.
Olivier Giroud has scored four goals in his last four league appearances against Liverpool.
Liverpool
Liverpool have finished outside the top five in six of the last seven seasons.
They had the seventh best record in the Premier League under Jurgen Klopp, averaging 1.6 points per game under him. The Reds averaged 1.5 points in their first eight matches of the season before the German’s appointment.
Liverpool have scored an unrivalled 41 Premier League goals in 2016 so far.
Roberto Firmino has scored nine goals and set up four more in 15 Premier League appearances this calendar year, including two goals against Arsenal in January.
