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  1. Liverpool frustrated by 10-man Arsenal

    Liverpool frustrated by 10-man Arsenal

    Ten-man Arsenal held on for a point to frustrate Premier League leaders Liverpool in a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Liverpool
    • - Thanks for joining us today... Chelsea can go top with victory over Everton on Monday... join us again for that one!
    • 90'+3 There goes the final whistle! And Arsenal fight hard for a point despite finishing the game with 10 men!
    • 90'+1 Arsenal look to waste a few precious seconds by introducing Eboue for Nasri.
    • 90' Three minutes of added time to be played.
    • 90' Oooh! El Zhar fires a header inches wide of Almunia's upright! So close to a late winner!
    • 88' Liverpool throw on David Ngog with time running out... Lucas is the man replaced.
    • 86' Oooh! Sensational effort from Agger! The Dane fires a left-foot shot from outside the area that drifts inches wide of the angle of post and bar!
    • 84' Oooh! Kuyt nearly gets a foot on a teasing cross from the right! Almunia's there to stick out a foot and repel the ball!
    • 81' Liverpool make another change now... off goes goalscorer Keane to be replaced by El Zhar.
    • 81' Diaby skips past Lucas... and the Brazilian can only trip him up... yellow for him.
    • 80' Nasri gets the better of Lucas... the Frenchman moves forward and opts to strike at goal! Well wide this time, but worth an effort nevertheless.
    • 77' Arsenal have responded well to going a man down... and with the crowd right behind them, you wouldn't bet against them nicking a goal.
    • 75' Gerrard heads off on a marauding run forward... he goes down but the ref waves play on!
    • 72' Carragher goes into the book as the game gets a bit ragged...
    • 71' Liverpool make a change as Babel replaces Riera.
    • 70' Sagna joins Van Persie in the book with a wild retaliatory challenge on Riera, after the ref overlooked a foul on Nasri.
    • 68' Arsenal move forward now... the ball falls to Song in the Liverpool area as the visitors struggle to clear their lines! But with the excitement levels building in the stands, Liverpool do manage to get the ball away!
    • 66' Here's another booking for an Arsenal player... and this time it is deserved as Van Persie hacks down Agger...
    • 63' That's a crushing blow for Arsenal... but a real filip for Liverpool, who must surely now be expected to go on and win this one...
    • 62' Adebayor is left incensed by Howard Webb's decision to pull him up for an over the top leg on Arbeloa... HE'S SENT OFF! It's a second yellow and he receives his marching orders! It looks like all he's trying to do is shield the ball from the Spaniard.. but nonetheless the ref sees it as a bookable offence and Arsenal have just under half an hour to play with 10 men!
    • 58' Gerrard plays a cute free-kick into Keane, who turns and fires goalwards! But it's blocked and the flag is up for offside anyway...
    • 56' Kuyt again gets himself into a shooting position! But it's deflected behind for a corner kick...
    • 53' The home crowd are getting behind their team now... they know that Liverpool are very much in the ascendency.
    • 50' Liverpool look the hungrier of the two sides now... perhaps they can sense their chance, now Fabregas is off.
    • 47' Oooh! Lucas lets fly from the edge of the box after Insua's cross is only partially cleared! Almunia gets down well to parry the ball away to safety!
    • 46' And it is indeed bad news for Arsenal... Fabregas has damaged his knee ligaments and has not reappeared for the second half. Diaby is on instead.
    • 46' Back underway at the Emirates!
    • - It looks like Fabregas injured himself just before the half-time whistle... and Diaby is out warming up during the break, meaning we could have seen the last of the Spaniard.
    • 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! A cracking end to the opening period! But it's all level at the break!
    • 45'+2 Oooh! Kuyt fires a superbly struck effort goalwards from a tight angle! Almunia gets a fingertip to it! Corner to Liverpool, who are ending the half brilliantly!
    • 45' Oooh! So close to a second for Liverpool! Kuyt gets the ball on the right... Gerrard is free in the middle! All he has to do is roll the ball across the face of goal... he does, but it's slightly too far in front of Gerrard, who slides in and can only fire over the bar!
    • 43' What a great time to score... just before half-time...
    • 42' GOAL! WHAT A GOAL BY ROBBIE KEANE! Liverpool are back on level terms! It's simplicity itself... the Irishman hares onto a long punt foward as the Arsenal defence are caught out again, and blasts into the roof of the net with a stunning hit! 1-1!
    • 39' Oooh! Gerrard hits one first time from the edge of the box! Gallas does well to get his body in the way to make the block! That looked like a sweet hit from the Liverpool skipper!
    • 38' Adebayor is the next to go into Howard Webb's little black book... for a late challenge on Insua...
    • 33' But it's Gerrard who takes it! Easy for Almunia though... the ball gets over the wall, but he's got plenty of time to pick it out of the air!
    • 32' Denilson gives away a free-kick, just in Alonso territory... this could be dangerous...
    • 28' The Liverpool staff on the bench are busying themselves on the telephone... wonder who's on the end of the line... Rafa Benitez in his bed by any chance?
    • 25' That's just what Arsenal needed! Watching Chelsea and United fans will be happy...
    • 24' GOAL! VAN PERSIE OPENS THE SCORING! What a strike from the Dutchman! He takes down Nasri's long ball through on his chest, before spinning away from a Liverpool challenge and firing past Reina with an unstoppable shot! Brilliant effort!
    • 21' And there's the first 'what a waste of money' chants from the home crowd... £20m, two Premier League goals - no idea what they're talking about....
    • 20' Keane's in trouble here... he flies into a challenge on Clichy, inciting the wrath of the Spurs-hating crowd.... and referee Webb takes his name.
    • 18' It's not a bad one... to the near post, but Carragher's there to head clear for the Reds!
    • 17' Adebayor takes on a posse of Liverpool defenders... and he wins a corner! Agger limps away too! Double bonus for the Gunners!
    • 14' Oooh! A great flowing move from Arsenal nearly sees Adebayor get on the end of a teasing cross into the middle! He's inches away though and the chance goes begging.
    • 10' But here's a real chance at the other end! Arsenal's defence crumbles as Keane is allowed to latch onto a long punt forward... he lays off for Gerrard on the edge of the box! But for once, it's not a sweet srtike and Almunia is able to make a comfortable save in the end!
    • 8' Oooh! Chance for Arsenal! Sagna plays in a deep cross.... Adebayor's there! Carragher has to clear off the line! But it wouldn't have counted anyway... the Togo international used his hand - that's why there was no power on it.
    • 6' Lucas and Van Persie clash near the halfway line... and the decision goes Liverpool's way.
    • 4' Keane loses out in the air to Gallas... there'll be plenty of that today.
    • 2' Just a word on Liverpool's kit tonight.. Silver shirts with red socks and shorts... horrible, but neccessary. At least according to the FA.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at the Emirates!
    • - For Arsenal, Samir Nasri returns, but Kolo Toure misses out with a calf strain.
    • - Rafa Benitez isn't at the Emirates today... he's ill with kidney stones. Javier Mascherano is also missing with a virus, but Robbie Keane, Lucas, Emiliano Insua and Daniel Agger all play.
    • - And today's referee is Howard Webb.
    • - And Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Kuyt, Leiva Lucas, Alonso, Riera, Gerrard, Keane. Subs: Cavalieri, Hyypia, Benayoun, Babel, Ngog, Plessis, El Zhar
    • - The teams are in... Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Djourou, Gallas, Clichy, Denilson, Fabregas, Song Billong, Nasri, Adebayor, Van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Vela, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Eboue
    • - Liverpool can extend their lead over Chelsea at the top of the Premier League to four points with victory over the Gunners, who need a win themselves to re-claim fourth spot from Aston Villa.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's huge game at the Emirates Stadium!

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Liverpool
    42% Possession 57%
    6 Shots 13
    3 Shots on target 5
    0 Saves 2
    2 Corners 2
    18 Fouls 14
    0 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 3
    1 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 33
    287 Accurate passes 433
    41 Bad passes 45

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 2 1
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 5 5
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 13 6
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 32 0 2
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 0 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 4 3
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 45 7 6
      8 Samir Nasri 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 16 1 1
      11 Robin Van Persie 1 3 2 5 2 0 0 13 2 2
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12 2 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 13 2 3
      19 Jack Wilshere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 56 0 5
      22 Emiliano Insua 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 10 3
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 47 0 3
      5 Daniel Agger 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 48 4 2
      8 Steven Gerrard 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 40 10 2
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 54 5 8
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 71 7 2
      11 Albert Riera 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 17 6 3
      7 Robbie Keane 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 17 2 3
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 34 0 2
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Nabil El Zhar 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Damien Plessis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 David Ngog 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... Chelsea can go top with victory over Everton on Monday... join us again for that one!
    • 90' Oooh! El Zhar fires a header inches wide of Almunia's upright! So close to a late winner!
    • 86' Oooh! Sensational effort from Agger! The Dane fires a left-foot shot from outside the area that drifts inches wide of the angle of post and bar!
    • 62' Adebayor is left incensed by Howard Webb's decision to pull him up for an over the top leg on Arbeloa... HE'S SENT OFF! It's a second yellow and he receives his marching orders! It looks like all he's trying to do is shield the ball from the Spaniard.. but nonetheless the ref sees it as a bookable offence and Arsenal have just under half an hour to play with 10 men!
    • 47' Oooh! Lucas lets fly from the edge of the box after Insua's cross is only partially cleared! Almunia gets down well to parry the ball away to safety!
    • 45'+2 Oooh! Kuyt fires a superbly struck effort goalwards from a tight angle! Almunia gets a fingertip to it! Corner to Liverpool, who are ending the half brilliantly!
    • 42' GOAL! WHAT A GOAL BY ROBBIE KEANE! Liverpool are back on level terms! It's simplicity itself... the Irishman hares onto a long punt foward as the Arsenal defence are caught out again, and blasts into the roof of the net with a stunning hit! 1-1!
    • 24' GOAL! VAN PERSIE OPENS THE SCORING! What a strike from the Dutchman! He takes down Nasri's long ball through on his chest, before spinning away from a Liverpool challenge and firing past Reina with an unstoppable shot! Brilliant effort!
    • 10' But here's a real chance at the other end! Arsenal's defence crumbles as Keane is allowed to latch onto a long punt forward... he lays off for Gerrard on the edge of the box! But for once, it's not a sweet srtike and Almunia is able to make a comfortable save in the end!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Cesc Fabregas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna Yellow Card
    • J. Djourou
    • W. Gallas
    • G. Clichy
    • C. Fabregas Substitution Out (46′)
    • A. Song
    • .. Denilson
    • S. Nasri Substitution Out (90′)
    • E. Adebayor Red Card
    • R. van Persie Goal

    Subs

    • M. Silvestre
    • A. Diaby Substitution In46′
    • E. Eboue Substitution In90′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela
    • A. Ramsey
    • J. Wilshere

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • K. Toure
    • T. Walcott

    Suspended

    None

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa
    • J. Carragher Yellow Card
    • D. Agger Yellow Card
    • E. Insua
    • L. Lucas Yellow Card Substitution Out (88′)
    • X. Alonso
    • D. Kuyt
    • S. Gerrard
    • A. Riera Substitution Out (71′)
    • R. Keane Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • S. Hyypia
    • Y. Benayoun
    • R. Babel Substitution In71′
    • D. N'Gog Substitution In88′
    • N. El Zhar Substitution In81′
    • D. Plessis
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • F. Torres
    • M. Skrtel

    Suspended

    None

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  1. good one keane 1-1 got one point

    From kay05, on Tue 7 Apr 8:37AM
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