2023-12-23 21:34:00
LIVERPOOL 1-1 ARSENAL
PREMIER LEAGUE | DAY 18
Salah equalized Gabriel’s early goal in a match in which the goalposts prevented Klopp’s team from winning
23/12/2023
Updated at 8:34 p.m.
Once the Spanish league has been dismissed until 2024, the Premier League takes center stage in the football world during Christmas. And yesterday he did it with a main course. A Liverpool-Arsenal, a classic of English football that also pitted the first two teams in the table against each other.
The ‘red’ defense started the game more focused on the menu that they will taste tomorrow with their loved ones than on their marking. Gabriel found himself unmarked in a lateral free kick taken by Odegaard and the Brazilian central defender took advantage of the confusion of Klopp’s team to put Arsenal ahead. The London team was about to return the Christmas gift. But on this occasion it was the VAR referee who caught the play thinking about Christmas Eve. The Norwegian midfielder intercepted Salah’s self-pass with his hand, clearly moving towards the ball, but the referees chose to maintain the poor level shown by the English refereeing this season.
The Egyptian forgot about the braids to focus on what he could control. He received a guided pass from Alexander-Arnold and went one-on-one with Zinchenko. All Anfiled, including the Ukrainian, knew what play Salah would try. The one that he has repeated a thousand and one times and, even so, he seems impossible to defend. He lowered the ball, faced his defender, cut inside to accommodate the ball to his left leg and shot David Raya to equalize.
Liverpool came out of halftime with the clear intention of unseating the Gunners from the lead and taking their place. The equality of the first half gave way to ‘red’ dominance in the second, but the posts came between Klopp’s and the top of the league, in the legs of Eliott and Alexander-Arnold. The English full-back wasted a counterattack masterfully commanded by Salah and sent the clearest chance of the match to the crossbar. Liverpool’s push was contained by Arteta’s men, who managed to stay at the top of the table for one more day.
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