English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 29, 2018
Arsenal WLLWD 1
–
Liverpool WWWWW 5
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ARS101
LIV415
Anfield · 53,326 att.

Match Report

EPA/PETER POWELL

Liverpool hammer Arsenal with Roberto Firmino hat trick to open up nine-point lead

Roberto Firmino scored a hat trick as Liverpool came from behind to hammer Arsenal 5-1 and opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the table.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
1
52.1
Possession
47.9
8
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
464
Accurate Passes
424
551
Passes
511
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
55
28
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
15
14
Clearances
15

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 9Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 3FabinhoLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 11Mohamed SalahF
  10. 10Sadio ManéAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 12Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 11Lucas TorreiraRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Liverpool 0, Arsenal 1. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi.
  2. 14' Goal! Liverpool 1, Arsenal 1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  3. 16' Goal! Liverpool 2, Arsenal 1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 26' Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 32' Goal! Liverpool 3, Arsenal 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  6. 33' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+2' Goal! Liverpool 4, Arsenal 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  8. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Laurent Koscielny replaces Shkodran Mustafi.
  9. 62' Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Sadio Mané.
  10. 65' Goal! Liverpool 5, Arsenal 1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  11. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  12. 78' Substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
  13. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Matteo Guendouzi replaces Sead Kolasinac.
  14. 83' Substitution, Liverpool. Nathaniel Clyne replaces Andrew Robertson.
  15. 90'+2' Sokratis (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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