Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 November 2004

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 28 November 2004, 16:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 November 2004. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Xabi Alonso opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Liverpool's goals came from Xabi Alonso (41') and Neil Mellor (90'). Arsenal scored through Patrick Vieira (57').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 8th on 20 points from 13 and Arsenal 2nd on 31 points from 14. Liverpool went on to finish that season 5th with 58 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Arsenal's D-W-D-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Patrick VieiraArsenal · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Patrick VieiraArsenal
  • 84'Yellow card · Thierry HenryArsenal
  • 90'Goal · Neil MellorLiverpool · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 3, Arsenal 4.