18:00
71 min: Robertson turns it inside out. Arsenal are half clear. Firmino and Mane combine to the left, but lack the final ball. Arsenal are defending with great resilience.
17:58
70 minutes: There is a Cedric barrage at the back of the Minamino, and this is a free kick to the left outside 25 yards. Robertson turns it inside out, and Tirney is forced to go over his own bar for a corner.
17:57
69 min: Saka leaves one shoulder to cut the edge of the science on the right. He enters the box and kills. It’s getting wider, but just right, and Allison won’t be able to hold and carry the line to any one corner. Part of the resulting set is a waste of everyone’s time.
17:56
68 min: A little pocket for Minamino, 25 yards out. He tries to whip up a shot to the left, but for Martinez it’s an easy choice.
17:55
67 minutes: Liverpool had 80% possession during the last five minutes. Martinez has nothing to do.
17:55
66 minutes: Niketia takes one of Kechi’s high-kicking chests. The collision seems accidental, and there are no cards. Nketiah is fast enough again.
17:54
65 minutes: Believers have threatened to break the right side, but Mattelland-Niles sticks to its task and catches its line brightly. Believers are not overwhelmed by this.
17:52
64 minutes: The game has gone straight slow. Arsenal is more than happy with this situation. Liverpool are not very high, but they are having trouble raising their tempo.
17:50
62 min: Arsenal are back, but Liverpool will not be able to get anything in the final third. FA cup holders are comfortable enough minutes.
17:48
60 minutes: Keita’s first touch: a 30-yard belt on goal. It is always flying wide right. But it is a statement of purpose, if nothing else.
17:48
59 minutes: The admin frenzy continues as Liverpool make a double swap. Milner and Williams go on Minamino and Keita. Gomez will go to the right, Fabinho will partner Van Dijk in the middle.
17:45
57 minutes: Milner picked up the first booking of the day, sliding frantically over Nectiah. He can’t complain.
17:45
56 minutes: Martinez finally pushes into action! Roberts passed the long box to the left. Believers get past the holding, and enter the bunks, one by one with the keeper. But he can’t quite sort his legs, and when he finally tries to snatch the ball from the house, the guard smiles. Fine goalkeeping, although it should never be allowed to be saved.
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17:44
55 minutes: Van Dijk presents a gift to Obameyang, who tried to free Saka from the right. Robertson keeps track of the fear behind the car.
17:43
54 minutes: Fabinoho wins an angle to the right of the Metalland-Niles. Milner takes Van Dijk to the far post and finds him, but makes it difficult for Eleni and the holding Liverpool man, who can gently brow only the left side under extreme pressure. Martinez has no savings to make.
17:41
52 minutes: Aubameyang is found in the space below the left. He turns to a distant post, where Saka waits for the house to be knocked down. But for once ub Bameyang’s radar is Winky. The ball moves harmlessly and Liverpool breathe again. It doesn’t look like it’s ending 1-0, but who’s ahead?
17:39
51 min: Saka makes good on the right and leaves for the Matteland-Niles, which leans backwards and clears the bar with ease. Liverpool go to the other end, Firmino trying to cut from the left side and mimic A Bameang’s goal, his attempt going wide right.
17:38
49 minutes: Gomez slides a pass down from the middle, but Mane and Firmino can’t run one-two. Ub Bameang threatens to resist on the left, but Gomez stays alert and wins the footrace.
17:35
47 minutes: Arsenal stroke him around the back confidently enough. Finally go to Liverpool. Williams is inflated long, and Firmino gets almost well under Luiz’s under the ball. Not at all, but for a second Arsenal’s heart was in his mouth.
17:20
Half time entertainment. Hannah Jane Parkinson expects a new season by running the rule over all new shirts.
17:17
Half time: Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool
The Gunners started slowly, but went into the break moving forward properly. It didn’t happen for Liverpool up front.
17:16
45 minutes: Saka whistles the ball to the left. He rolls in as an invite from six yards out, but Niketia has not gambled and Liverpool have escaped with him. There will be an added minute.
17:14
43 minutes: There is a non-event in the corner of Saka. Instead of action, here is Matt Donnie: “True. The first game of the season, and I’m already annoyed. The referee, the commentary team and Peter Walton all agree that ‘I didn’t have enough contact to go down.’ Can anyone point to a rule that says there should be enough contact to knock someone out? If you pull someone back, even slightly, when there is no attempt to play the ball, how is it not obscure? And this is not an eye of Liverpool I am just as annoyed when Liverpool players do it. Skrtel essentially builds his whole game around it, and it annoys me every time. Ah, I hate football. “
17:13
42 min: Mattelland-Niles stands to one side to the left, temporarily confusing Alison, but Milner throws her away. Arsenal work it to the left again, allowing Tirney to hit. Shot balloons outside Gomez and out into a corner.
17:12
40 minutes: One corner leads to the other. And another. Arsenal are struggling to get out. Out of the third, Robertson curls happily from the left. I love it. At a distant post, Van Dijk made a wrong attempt to provoke at home, and the ball bounced out in no harm’s way. Robertson will wonder how he didn’t get the help of his name. The next day, it could be two or three.
17:10
39 minutes: A stunning diagonal pass threads advice from a small distance to Robertson on the left in Arsenal defense. Its lower fissure is placed in a corner by the ballerina. Similarly, shirts for red (and teal) were arranged behind him.
17:09
38 minutes: In the old George Graham style Arsenal strokes him back a few times. Liverpool a smart move with a slight increase in speed.
17:08
36 minutes: Gomez takes extremely ambitious shots from a distance from the bar. Yet this type of traffic of post-circular-annoying frustration is not needed.
17:07
35 minutes: That doesn’t quite happen for Liverpool. Believers work very well to keep the ball on the left side and under the tiptoes with tight buttons. Robertson joins and hits another penalty ball from six yards through. Can’t reach advice with her big toe.
17:04
33 minutes: Better performance from Arsenal below the left side, and the ball ends inside the Liquorpool B inside, at the foot of the Nectia. He tries to sort his legs, but can’t fix them in time, and Van Dijk seizes the opportunity to block and clarify.
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