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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:30:35 GMT
(The Guardian) 14 min: It’s all Liverpool at the minute, with the game almost entirely being played in Arsenal’s half. The hosts are struggling to get out, finding it hard to string more than a couple of passes together. So much for playing Liverpool at their own game, then.
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Post by Ste_Macca on Jul 15, 2020 19:32:44 GMT
COME ON REDS
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:33:15 GMT
(The Guardian) 16 min: Torreira is fortunate not to go into the book, having brazenly handled the ball, then kicked it away in a fit of pique upon being penalised for it. It looks as though he thought play was going to be stopped for something else and became confused, which is probably why the referee has let him off. From the resulting free kick, Lacazette intercepts and draws a clumsy foul from Van Dijk, who appears to be on some sort of goal hunt this evening, if the amount of time he’s spent in the Arsenal box already is anything to go by.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:36:26 GMT
(The Guardian) 18 min: Van Dijk, in his more familiar role as quarterback, sprays a fine pass down the left that nearly releases Wijnaldum. Not quite. Arsenal are still struggling to impose themselves on this game, though Martinez hasn’t had a serious save to make yet.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:37:51 GMT
.......Mane, Mane, Mane! (The Guardian) GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool (Mane 20)Mane very nearly closes down Martinez’s free kick. Not quite, but the ball comes straight back at Arsenal, Firmino and Robertson combining easily down the left. Robertson slips a simple ball across the face of goal, and Mane slams home. Too easy. liverpool scarf-1
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:38:16 GMT
(The Guardian) 21 min: Arsenal nearly bounce back immediately, Nelson racing after a long pass down the right. He might be offside, he might not. We’ll never know conclusively, because Nelson reaches the box but can’t decide between crossing and shooting, and does neither.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:40:41 GMT
(The Guardian) 23 min: Liverpool launch another attack, Mane attempting a diagonal curler from the left that’s blocked. They win a corner down the right; the goal-hungry Van Dijk heads straight at Martinez. Then they win another on the left. That one’s a non-event. But Liverpool will be more than happy at the minute. They’re pretty much in complete control.
25 min: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is time for isotonic beverages.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:42:58 GMT
(The Guardian) 26 min: Oxlade-Chamberlain thinks about shooting from distance, but slips a pass wide right to Alexander-Arnold, who curls with the outside of his boot towards Salah in the box. Any contact would surely deflect the ball past Martinez, but Salah can’t quite extend a leg. Arsenal breathe again.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:45:01 GMT
(The Guardian) 28 min: Oxlade-Chamberlain shoots from distance this time. Xhaka, sliding across, blocks just in time. Salah brings a looping ball down with ease and prepares to shoot, inside the box, but the flag goes up correctly for offside; he’d gone before Oxlade-Chamberlain took aim.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:47:04 GMT
(The Guardian) 30 min: Cedric crosses from the right, forcing Alexander-Arnold to hoick out of play near the corner flag. Some rare possession for Arsenal in Liverpool’s final third. They shop possession, but then so does Mane, and Xhaka returns the ball down the inside-right channel. Nelson gets on the end of it, and is unfortunate when it ricochets off Robertson, back onto him, and out for a goal kick. Better from the hosts.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:49:24 GMT
(The Guardian) 31 min: Some more Arsenal possession in the Liverpool half. Torreira finds Lacazette down the inside right, but the flag goes up for offside. No matter, though, because ...
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:50:00 GMT
...well, that lead didn't last... (The Guardian) GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (Lacazette 32)Van Dijk has his arm tugged, the ball at his feet on the edge of his own box. It’s a light intervention from Nelson, never a foul, but the defender wants one because he rolls a dreadful backpass straight to Lacazette, who rounds Alisson on the right and rolls into the empty net! What a preposterous goal to give away. VAR has a look at Van Dijk’s complaint, but there’s no way that’s being overturned.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:51:45 GMT
(The Guardian) 34 min: To be fair to Van Dijk, he’s got plenty of moral credit in the bank. So has Fabinho, but now he gives the ball away cheaply in midfield, allowing Pepe to dribble with great purpose upfield. He’s eventually chased down, but Jurgen Klopp won’t be happy with this at all. Liverpool were in total control, but have carelessly let Arsenal find their feet in this match.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:52:33 GMT
(The Guardian) 36 min: Ah yes, here’s Klopp, and he’s allowing himself a wry grin. That’ll no doubt translate into the hairdryer treatment at half time. Mane tries to get sloppy Liverpool going again with a dribble down the left, but his deft flick inside evades Salah.
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Post by Webster on Jul 15, 2020 19:54:21 GMT
(The Guardian) 38 min: Suddenly passes aren’t sticking for Liverpool. Salah shanks one straight out of play into the stand. Frustration betrays him as he snaps his head back and yells, a Pez dispenser of frustration.
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