Liverpool tied with a lot of suffering a very important round in the long race for the title of the Premier League. He Arsenal He made the ‘life of squares’ with a direct and electrifying game, but the Egyptian appeared again Mohamed Salah to save the red’s.
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The set of DT Arne Slot He passed oil to match the complex match proposed by coach Mikel Arteta. There was a flurry of goals at the Emirates Stadium, where no winner emerged in a game that ended in suspense and a 2-2 draw.
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Liverpool He came out with ‘the heavy’ in the key duel, which did not disappoint. The Colombian Luis Diaz He was there from the start and played 63 minutes. The guajiro was key in his team’s first goal, but he could not shine after the strong mark that Ben White gave him.
From minute 1 the duel was electrifying. Arsenal He tried to do damage with long balls, and he succeeded. Liverpool He wanted to handle the ball more, pause the game and not give his rival space, but he managed to do damage.
The Gunners scored in the 9th minute of the first half after their star scored a great goal. Bukayo Saka. The Englishman received a long pass from his compatriot Ben White, He hooked left footed and hit a ‘missile’ at the near post for the partial 1-0.
He responded quickly Liverpool and he did it with one of his main weapons: the stopped ball. Alexander Arnold took a corner kick from the left, Lucho Diaz he combed her at the first post and catapulted her to the captain’s head Virgil van Dijk, who pushed her for the partial 1-1.
But to the picture Merseyside They gave him a dose of his own medicine. Arsenal took the lead before the break through the still ball: Declan Rice sent the ball into the area, after a direct free kick, Mikel Merino connected the cross and made it 2-1 in favor of the home team.
Arsenal They came out more conservative in the second half and Liverpool attacked their rival to put them in trouble. However, the connections in the attacking trident did not arrive and the only chances of danger came from the sides.
‘Pharaoh’ Salah did not allow Liverpool to fall
At minute 63, Slot made three changes, moving the team to find the tie. Out the Colombian Luis Diaz, inside the Dutch Cody Gakpo. Not a lucid match for the guajiro, who tried, but it could not be unbalanced.
The play went to the Dutchman, his team found a space to do damage and tied the match. Darwin Núñez received a pass to space and attended Mohamed Salah who did not forgive in front of the goal: it was the final 2-2.
Draw at the Emirates, Arsenal and Liverpool did not make differences and worked for Manchester City who will sleep as the sole leader of the Premier League after date 9.
The citizen’s team has 23 points, Liverpool is second with 22 points, Arsenal stayed in third place with 18, the same as the surprising Aston Villa.
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