Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018
Result
Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 4-1
Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: match report
Liverpool won against Arsenal 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2018. The half-time score was 4-1.
A. Maitland-Niles opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (14'), Roberto Firmino (16'), Sadio Mané (32'), Mohamed Salah (45+2', penalty) and Roberto Firmino (65', penalty). Arsenal scored through A. Maitland-Niles (11').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 51 points from 19 and Arsenal 5th on 38 points from 19. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Arsenal 5th with 70.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (9.8), ahead of Mohamed Salah (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 1 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 11'Goal · A. Maitland-Niles
- 14'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 16'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 26'Yellow card · Andrew Robertson
- 32'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 33'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Mohamed Salah
- 65'Penalty goal · Roberto Firmino
- 90+2'Yellow card · Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Sead Kolasinac, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang