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On Tuesday's postponed English Premier League match, European champions Liverpool secured a victory against London's Arsenal thanks to Luis Garcia's goal at the end of the match.
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87` [1 - 0] Luis Garcia
However, the result does not reflect the action on the field, as Liverpool dominated almost the entire match, while Arsenal created only one real opportunity to score in ninety minutes. At the beginning of the match, the Swede missed a shot from about ten meters away.
In the 20th minute of the match, after a pass from Mohammed Sissoko, Norwegian John Arne Riise almost scored, but his long-range shot went just wide. Just a minute later, Arsenal almost scored an own goal when Phillippe Senderos deflected Steven Gerrard's cross towards their own goal, but Jens Lehmann reacted superbly to protect the visitors' goal.
After ten minutes, referee Graham Poll awarded an eleven-meter penalty to Arsenal for Emmanuel Eboue's foul on Steven Gerrard, but the shot taken by Liverpool's captain was once again saved brilliantly by J. Lehmann, who played superbly in this match.
At the start of the second half, Robbie Fowler, returning to Liverpool, could have scored from S. Gerrard's pass, but his attempt was denied by J. Lehmann again. A few minutes later, another opportunity arose for the hosts, but Fernando Morientes' header from S. Gerrard's pass from the left just missed the goal by half a meter.
However, Liverpool managed to prove their dominance in the 86th minute: a long shot by the German Dietmar Hamann, who appeared after a substitution on the field, was saved by J. Lehmann, but the first to the ball, also subbed on the field, Spanish Luis Garcia sent it into the goal and grabbed a victory for his team.
