Liverpool vs Arsenal 0-1

Arsenal won 1-0 at Anfield after Kai Havertz struck in the 16th minute and Liverpool failed to find an equaliser. Declan Rice set up the only goal, and Arsenal protected that lead through a second half in which Liverpool had more of the ball but no shots on target.

The first half goal came in the 16th minute, when Havertz scored from Rice’s assist to make it Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal. Bradley Barcola was booked in first-half stoppage time, and Arsenal went in 1-0 up at the break.

Liverpool pushed after the interval, but the score stayed the same. Noni Madueke was booked on 55 minutes, while Liverpool made their first two changes through Dominik Szoboszlai for Treymaurice Nyoni on 59 minutes and Rio Ngumoha for Cody Gakpo on 67 minutes. Milos Kerkez was also booked on 67 minutes. Arsenal responded with Myles Lewis-Skelly for Bruno Guimarães on 62 minutes, then picked up further bookings for Lewis-Skelly on 72 minutes, Jurriën Timber on 80 minutes and David Raya three minutes into stoppage time. Liverpool made three changes on 81 minutes, with Konstantinos Tsimikas on for Milos Kerkez, Víctor Muñoz on for Ronald Araujo and Lewis Koumas on for Florian Wirtz. Arsenal made two changes on 84 minutes, sending on Piero Hincapié for Christos Tzolis and Viktor Gyökeres for Havertz, before Mikel Merino replaced Martin Odegaard on 88 minutes. The visitors kept the lead they had established early on.

Liverpool had 56% of possession, 460 passes to Arsenal’s 370 and 17 shots to 10, but Arsenal put three efforts on target to Liverpool’s none and won 1-0. Liverpool also had seven corners to four, while Arsenal had the edge in saves, 2-0, and the expected goals were close at 1.23 to 1.02.

Liverpool were booked three times, with Bradley Barcola on 45+2 minutes, Milos Kerkez on 67 minutes and Alexis Mac Allister on 80 minutes. Arsenal had four yellow cards, to Noni Madueke on 55 minutes, Myles Lewis-Skelly on 72 minutes, Jurriën Timber on 80 minutes and David Raya on 90+3. There were no red cards.