This Sunday, the Liverpool managed to pull off a draw with Arsenal in Anfieldfor the 30th round of the English Championship. The home team evened the score at 2-2 with a goal by Roberto Firmino. The Gunners’ goals were scored by two more Brazilian stars: Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus.
With the result, now the isolated leader Arsenal has 73 points and is eight consecutive matches without losing in the national championship. Liverpool, in turn, is going through a troubled phase and is in eighth place, with 44 added. Despite the draw, Jurgen Klopp’s team have not won for four games.
Both clubs only take the field next week. The Gunners will visit West Ham next Sunday at 10am (Brasília time). The Reds host Nottingham Forest the following day at 11am.
On one side, Brazilian stars. On the other, Salah on active duty.
The first leg was a game at Anfield. Arsenal were superior for most of the first half, being more effective and decisive. However, he was careless at the end and gave a gap to Liverpool, owners of the house.
The score was opened after seven minutes. After a beautiful exchange of passes from the visitors from the defensive sector of the field, Saka descended at speed on the right and found Ödegaard, who tried to pass to Gabriel Martinelli, already inside the area. Van Dijk cut badly and the ball was left for the Brazilian to push into the back of the net.
At 27, Arsenal expanded. In the same ball out scenario, Martinelli received a beautiful launch on the left and distributed it in the area to Jesus, who headed it and scored the second.
At 41, however, Liverpool cashed in the count. Gakpo adjusted the measure for Robertson to cross and Henderson deflected. In the remainder, Salah took advantage of the opportunity and left his in the classic.
Firmino “covers up” Salah’s failure and draws the derby
The score didn’t change until 40 minutes into the second half, but the match didn’t stop for a second. At six, Diogo Jota ended up knocking Holding down and the referee scored a penalty. Salah went for the ball but missed the kick. The player took a lot from the goalkeeper and sent it out on the right side.
After a good attempt with Darwin Núñez and other not very effective chances, Liverpool managed to reach the tie. Alexander-Arnold applied a pen on Zinchenko, left the athlete behind and crossed in the small area. Firmino headed in to leave Anfield on their feet and close the scoring.
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Source: Gazetaesportiva
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