Liverpool v Arsenal: five late shows in history

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Publication date: Monday, September 28, 2020 8:41 AM

The late goals are coming and there are Liverpool v Arsenal Monday. If you want late goals, that game has history … make sure you stay until closing time.

Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (April 2011)

There was a precedent for the spooky last minutes at AMEX on Saturday when Arsenal and Liverpool stepped further into the abyss of injury time at the Emirates in April 2011. The Gunners were chasing Fergie’s tail, facing a sixth straight season without a trophy. The game was 12 minutes off when Jamie Carragher was stunned after butting heads with Jon Flanagan, 18.

When the Arsene boys finally took the lead after a Robin van Persie penalty in the 98th minute, it surely was it. Not so. The Reds got a kick on the other end when Emmanuel Eboue collided with Lucas Leiva’s back. Think of Kolo Toure’s challenge to Ryan Babel in the Champions League classic last year and now he multiplies that by 10. Dirk Kuyt did the rest with the last kick of the game. Television footage at the end of the game appeared to show Kenny Dalglish calling Wenger “pissed off”, who was furious at the penalty award. Dalglish replied, “I just told you that I still owe you dinner.”

Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal (December 2014)

What about the ridiculously late goals and head injuries between these two sides? The Reds were a grim shower from the team that had beaten Arsenal 5-1 during their near-lost title the previous season. When they faced the Gunners 10 months later, stripped of Luis Suárez and the perennially injured Daniel Sturridge, they had already lost seven games while Arsenal took over the Europa League spots.

Despite dominating much of the game, Brendan Rodgers’ side found themselves 2-1 down with nine minutes of added time and one man short due to Fabio Borini’s 18-minute indiscipline cameo. Martin Skrtel, heavily bandaged after an accidental collision with that other shrinking violet of Olivier Giroud, rose like a Slovak eagle to face Adam Lallana’s corner in the 97th minute. He flew past Wojciech Szczesny and made the Christmas was a little more palatable for the Kop. Rodgers’ claim that this was an even better performance than the 5-1 beating showed he was not far from La La Land.

Liverpool 3-3 Arsenal (January 2016)

The first clash between Wenger and Jurgen Klopp was meant to be an excitable adventure, given that the German had not mastered his moments of adrenaline on the touchline. Roberto Firmino showed the first signs of exceptional talent with two superb goals, but again Liverpool’s defensive fragility saw them lag behind the power and presence of Giroud and the scaly instability of Simon Mignolet.

But Klopp understood Anfield’s power and threw a rain-soaked charge up the line when Joe Allen hit a tie to Peter Cech’s right in the final minute. “I told (Klopp) to calm down,” Wenger said after the game. “In Liverpool it is very tight and they are very close.” Well, it’s heavy metal, not an orchestra, as Jurgen would say …

Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal (April 2009)

Having lost only twice all season and beaten Manchester United 4-1 at Old Trafford, Liverpool needed a win to keep alive any realistic chance of beating Big Bad Fergie for the title. Instead, his defense took a day off Ferris Bueller-style. with some kamikaze recklessnessalthough this was offset by the superb Fernando Torres, who dragged them back into the game twice with impressive finishes. Andrey Arshavin was the unlikely four-hit wonder for the Gunners, scoring his final goal in the final minute of regulation to make it 4-3.

In the context of the Liverpool and Arsenal matches, this gave the Anfield side plenty of time to fight back, which they duly did with Yossi Benayoun in 93. There was still time for a Fabregas strike not allowed. Walnuts Rafa Benítez was not happy because another title opportunity was missing. Furious: “You do not remember any stop by Pepe Reina, there are only four times and four goals and they have all been our mistakes.”

Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal (May 1989)

There have been movies, books and endless nostalgia About this game, which was somehow the beginning of the era of soccer as mass entertainment, it reached homes across the country on a Friday night with a dramatic denouement to boot.

Arsenal needed to win by two clear goals at Anfield to claim the former First Division title from their hosts. It had been a steamy few months for Kenny Dalglish’s men after the Hillsborough tragedy and a grueling and grueling 3-2 FA Cup final victory over city residents Everton just six days earlier. A heavy and goalless first half saw the home team stutter as they found themselves caught between playing stick or twist.

Liverpool became very nervous when Alan Smith gave the visitors the lead with a goal played in the 52nd minute. Forty minutes later, Michael Thomas raced through Liverpool’s defense after a lucky deflection from Steve Nicol and slipped the ball under Bruce Grobbelaar. Cue the chaos. The image of Thomas contorting his body in sheer joy remains the everlasting memory, as does the dejected John Aldridge ignoring the condolences of the opposition at the final whistle.

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