At 19:30 in the English Premier League, the 20th round of matches took place.
In the "Anfield" stadium, the "Liverpool" dominance was challenged by the London "Arsenal" football players, but Unai Emery was forced to accept the biggest failure of leading the "Gunners". After conceding a goal, the "Reds" rallied to a resounding victory with a score of 5:1.
The visitors from North London started the match well. Despite "Liverpool" applying high pressure from the start, "Arsenal" found ways to punish their opponents in defense.
In the 11th minute, Alex Iwobi brilliantly escaped from the opponents, made a sharp pass into the penalty area, and there, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, left unmarked, scored with a precise shot to unexpectedly put "Arsenal" ahead.
However, "Arsenal" provoked the "Liverpool" team strongly with their goal, which was not merciful to the opponents for the remainder of the match.
Already in the 14th minute, Roberto Firmino equalized, and just two minutes later, the same Brazilian sent two "Arsenal" center-backs to the ground and completed a wonderful run with a precise shot into Bernd Leno's goal.
But the nightmare for "Arsenal" did not end there - in the 32nd minute, after a good pass from Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane scored the third goal for the hosts. And to make matters worse, in the closing moments of the first half, Sokratis made a foolish mistake in the penalty area.
Mohamed Salah, standing at the 11-meter spot, shot accurately and gave "Liverpool" a three-goal advantage.
In the second half, the "Anfield" stadium did not witness such a goal fiesta, but "Arsenal" showed no signs of life in the second half of the match. Firmino delivered the final blow in the 65th minute, scoring from the penalty spot and completing a "hat-trick".
"Liverpool" took advantage of the failure of the "Tottenham" team and now has a 9-point lead ahead of the second position. "Arsenal" remains in fifth place.
Result:
"Liverpool" 5 - 1 "Arsenal"
11' [0 - 1] A. Maitland-Niles
14' [1 - 1] R. Firmino
16' [2 - 1] R. Firmino
32' [3 - 1] S. Mane
45+2' [4 - 1] M. Salah (penalty)
65' [5 - 1] R. Firmino (penalty)
League table:
Starting line-ups:
"Liverpool": Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Shaqiri, Mane, Salah, Firmino.
"Arsenal": Leno, Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Torreira, Ramsey, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Aubameyang.
