English Premier League News: Arsenal Draw With Liverpool 1-1
Thursday, 01 November 07, 03:34 AM · Comments(0)
English Premier League club Liverpool is difficult to beat when they play in front of the
home fans at Anfield. However, Arsenal has been on an impressive streak, having been unbeaten in their last 12 matches and are at the top of the English Premier League standings. Certainly, Arsenal
coach Arsene Wenger were going to keep up the quality of their football and hope to disappoint the Liverpool crowd with a win.
But then, it was Liverpool who were relentless on their attack, and eventually were awarded the first goal of the game when Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard smashed a free-kick from 20 meters out to make the score 1-0 in favor of Liverpool in just 7 minutes from the start of the match.
Liverpool maintained the one goal advantage throughout the match, but Arsenal were able to score an equaliser in the 80th minute when Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas scored a goal.
Cesc Fabregas could've made the score 2-1 in the 86th minute, but his attempt unfortunately hit the post.
Andriy Voronin, Jamie Carragher, Peter Crouch and Sam Hyypia played well for Liverpool.
Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini and Aliaksandr Hleb played well for Arsenal.
The scoreline stood at 1-1, and Arsenal earn one point for the draw to keep them at the top of the English Premier League with 26 points, tied with English Premier League champions Manchester United who also have 26 points.
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez commented, "We played well but at the end, that (the result) is what matters. I'm disappointed because I hit the post and we go home disappointed because we deserved to get the three points."
Liverpool are at 6th in the English Premier League standings with 20 points following the draw with Arsenal.
Arsenal's next match will be a home match at the Emirates Stadium against Manchester United on November 3. It will be a battle of the top two in the English Premier League with both Arsenal and Manchester United hoping for a win to maintain the solo lead at the top of the standings.
Liverpool will be visitors at Ewood Park where they play the Blackburn Rovers on November 3.
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