{"id":123,"date":"2020-07-16T10:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T10:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/?p=123"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T11:19:18","slug":"arsenal-2-1-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a id='waFd8u22S0JNPIfukEUzJQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1256370001' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;' rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'waFd8u22S0JNPIfukEUzJQ',sig:'lnGy5I7eIV3UB0s5ycXbJ4tP_yBx5XftZ3_5PLtUl74=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1256370001',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, what a choice for my first match review!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Arsenal side that had collapsed against Tottenham on the weekend put in an incredibly resilient defensive performance to snatch 3 points from the champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liverpool, to no-one&#8217;s surprise, controlled the game early on, with them dominating possession, capped off with a lovely team move, where Sadio Mane was able to slot home from an Andrew Robertson cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liverpool seemed to be coasting, and Arteta must have been ready for a real humbling for his much changed Arsenal XI. However, two mistakes from the most unlikely sources gave them a route back into the game. Thanks to Reiss Nelson&#8217;s high press, Virgil van Dijk(!) was forced into an uncharacteristic error; a back pass played too short, which the in-form Alexandre Lacazette could intercept, take round the stranded Alisson, and strike into a gaping net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just when we&#8217;d seen one very rare Liverpool mistake, Alisson began to feel left out! His pass to Robertson was intercepted well by Lacazette, who  found Nelson with an exquisite cross, and the 20 year-old was able to stay composed and side-foot a finish into the bottom left corner for his first Premier League goal just before half-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second half was one which Liverpool absolutely controlled. Finishing the match with a whopping 68.9% possession, they spent the whole 50 minutes attempting to cut open the Arsenal back line. However, that much-maligned defence stayed resolute, with the back three of Holding, Luiz and Tierney all put in excellent performances. They limited the dangerous Liverpool attack to very few clear-cut chances, forcing them into a few more speculative efforts than Klopp would have liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, despite only having 2 shots on target throughout the entire 90 minutes, Arsenal stayed compact and strong, and that performance will give Arteta real confidence going into their vital FA Cup semi-final against Man City. Meanwhile, Liverpool showed another example of a post-title switch off at the back, and, whilst they can no longer break Man City&#8217;s points tally of 100, they will take solace in the fact that they get to lift their first title in 30 years at the Kop next Wednesday after their match against Chelsea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Player Ratings<\/strong> &#8211; Arsenal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emi Martinez &#8211; 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rob Holding &#8211; 9 (MOTM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Luiz &#8211; 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kieran Tierney &#8211; 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cedric Soares &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bukayo Saka &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Granit Xhaka &#8211; 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucas Torreira &#8211; 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reiss Nelson &#8211; 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolas Pepe &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexandre Lacazette &#8211; 8.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dani Ceballos &#8211; 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Willock &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ainsley Maitland-Niles &#8211; 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sead Kolasinac &#8211; N\/A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Player Ratings<\/strong> &#8211; Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alisson &#8211; 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgil van Dijk &#8211; 3.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Gomez &#8211; 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Robertson &#8211; 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain &#8211; 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabinho &#8211; 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georginio Wijnaldum &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberto Firmino &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadio Mane &#8211; 7.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamed Salah &#8211; 5.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takumi Minamino &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naby Keita &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divock Origi &#8211; N\/A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xherdan Shaqiri &#8211; N\/A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credit &#8211; <strong>Getty Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Jed Vine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed from Getty Images Well, what a choice for my first match review! An Arsenal side that had collapsed against Tottenham on the weekend put in an incredibly resilient defensive performance to snatch 3 points from the champions. Liverpool, to no-one&#8217;s surprise, controlled the game early on, with them dominating possession, capped off with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[13,15,16,3,9,18,14,19,20,4,17,8],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-v-liverpool","tag-english-football","tag-football","tag-football-review","tag-lacazette","tag-liverpool","tag-mane","tag-nelson","tag-premier-league","tag-review","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}