Firmino’s goal as Liverpool beat Arsenal and stay on City’s heels for the Premier League title

Firmino’s goal as Liverpool beat Arsenal and stay on City’s heels for the Premier League title

O Liverpool remains even more alive in the fight for the title of Premier League. This Wednesday, the reds faced the Arsenal in a delayed duel of the 27th round of the Premier League, and won 2-0. The duel took place at the Emirates Stadium, in London. the goals were scored by Diogo Jota and Firmino, both in the second half.

With 69 points, Klopp’s team is just one point away from leaders Manchester City. Arsenal are in fourth place with 51 points.

Liverpool scared Ramsdale early in the game with a header from Van Djik. However, Arsenal gradually dominated the game, and the match continued with a vengeance. The teams, however, did not create clear scoring chances. At 33, Xhaka tried from afar, but the ball went outside Alisson’s goal. Thus, the game went to the break with the score zero.

At the beginning of the second half, ManĂ© received a throw from Henderson and even managed to swing the net, but the throw was annulled due to an offside position by the number 10 of the reds. At 5, Odegaard took advantage of a failure in the opponent’s defense, but Alisson managed to recover and made the save.

Better in the final stage, the Reds opened the scoring at 9. Diogo Jota received a good pass from Thiago Alcantara and kicked Ramsdale’s corner to put Klopp’s team ahead. Robertson avoided the ball out after an Arsenal attack, and found Firmino, who won the mark and sent it to the goal. At the end of the game, Martinelli finished from inside the area, but missed the opportunity to decrease the score, sending the ball out.

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Source: Gazetaesportiva

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