English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 4, 2017
Arsenal LLWLW 1
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Liverpool LDLWL 3
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ARS011
LIV213
Anfield · 53,146 att.

Match Report

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Impressive Liverpool sweep past Arsenal at Anfield

Arsene Wenger raised eyebrows when he left Alexis Sanchez on the bench, starting Danny Welbeck.

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Team Stats

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Fouls
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Yellow Cards
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Red Cards
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Offsides
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Corner Kicks
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0
Saves
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Possession
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SHOTS
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ON GOAL
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On Target %
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Penalty Goals
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Penalty Kicks Taken
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Accurate Passes
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Passes
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0.0
Pass Completion %
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Accurate Crosses
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Crosses
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0.0
Cross %
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Long Balls
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Accurate Long Balls
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Long Balls %
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Blocked Shots
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0
Effective Tackles
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Tackles
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0.0
Tackle %
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Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
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Clearances
0

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 17Ragnar KlavanCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 7James MilnerLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 23Emre CanCM
  7. 20Adam LallanaLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 11Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 19Sadio ManéRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Alberto MorenoSUB
  2. 58Ben WoodburnSUB
  3. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldSUB
  4. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  5. 1Loris KariusSUB
  6. 21Lucas LeivaSUB
  7. 6Dejan LovrenSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 17Alex IwobiAM
  7. 29Granit XhakaLM
  8. 34Francis CoquelinRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Aaron RamseySUB
  2. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  3. 13David OspinaSUB
  4. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  5. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  6. 7Alexis SánchezSUB
  7. 9Lucas PérezSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Liverpool 1, Arsenal 0. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.
  2. 34' Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Goal! Liverpool 2, Arsenal 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  4. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez replaces Francis Coquelin.
  5. 57' Goal! Liverpool 2, Arsenal 1. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
  6. 68' Emre Can (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Lucas Pérez replaces Olivier Giroud.
  8. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Danny Welbeck.
  9. 78' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 80' Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  11. 90'+1' Goal! Liverpool 3, Arsenal 1. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi following a fast break.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Liverpool. Lucas Leiva replaces Adam Lallana.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Sadio Mané.

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