Liverpool v Arsenal, 27 August 2017

Score4-0 to Liverpool
RefereeCraig Pawson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance53,206

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Kick-off: 4.00pm Four of Arsenal’s eight Premier League defeats by a margin of four or more goals had now been in games at Anfield. Referee Martin Atkinson was originally due to take charge of this game but was later replaced by Craig Pawson.

4 Liverpool

0 Arsenal

Goals:

Roberto Firmino 17 G
Sadio Mané 40 G
Mohamed Salah 57 G
Daniel Sturridge 77 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender Alberto Moreno
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Rob Holding Defender
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alexis Sánchez Midfielder/Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Daniel Sturridge for Sadio Mané 74
James Milner for Roberto Firmino 80
Marko Grujić for Emre Can 84

Substitutions:

Francis Coquelin for Aaron Ramsey 46
Olivier Giroud for Alexis Sánchez 62
Alexandre Lacazette for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 62

Cards:

Dejan Lovren 20 Y
Joe Gomez 23 Y

Cards:

Danny Welbeck 22 Y
Granit Xhaka 40 Y
Mesut Özil 49 Y
Rob Holding 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Ragnar Klavan
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Marko Grujić
Forward Dominic Solanke
Forward Daniel Sturridge

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Comments:

League position: 2nd Sadio Mané became the third player after Robbie Fowler in 1994-95 and Daniel Sturridge in 2013-14 to score in each of Liverpool's their first three games of a Premier League season. The Reds had now kept four consecutive clean sheets at Anfield in the Premier League for the first time since September 2013. Only Manchester United (ten) had now scored more Premier League goals in this season than Liverpool (eight). Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: "After midweek games you have to reach the mountain immediately. You really feel it is intense, we wanted to force ourselves to be strong physically and that is what we were. We were really well organised. If you give Arsenal space and time you lose before the game starts."

Comments:

League position: 16th With one win and two defeats, Arsenal had now made their worse three-game start to a Premier League season since 2011-12 (drawn one, lost two). The Gunners had now lost nine of their last 14 away games in the Premier League (won four). They had now failed to score in consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since April 2014. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "Mentally it was difficult. A very disappointing performance. It was disastrous. The result is a consequence of the performance. It was not good enough. We were beaten everywhere physically and in the end we made it easier for them. We have done recently well in the big games. That is why today is even more disappointing.”

4 Liverpool

Goals:

Roberto Firmino 17 G
Sadio Mané 40 G
Mohamed Salah 57 G
Daniel Sturridge 77 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender Alberto Moreno
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Daniel Sturridge for Sadio Mané 74
James Milner for Roberto Firmino 80
Marko Grujić for Emre Can 84

Cards:

Dejan Lovren 20 Y
Joe Gomez 23 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Ragnar Klavan
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Marko Grujić
Forward Dominic Solanke
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Comments:

League position: 2nd Sadio Mané became the third player after Robbie Fowler in 1994-95 and Daniel Sturridge in 2013-14 to score in each of Liverpool's their first three games of a Premier League season. The Reds had now kept four consecutive clean sheets at Anfield in the Premier League for the first time since September 2013. Only Manchester United (ten) had now scored more Premier League goals in this season than Liverpool (eight). Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: "After midweek games you have to reach the mountain immediately. You really feel it is intense, we wanted to force ourselves to be strong physically and that is what we were. We were really well organised. If you give Arsenal space and time you lose before the game starts."

0 Arsenal

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Rob Holding Defender
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alexis Sánchez Midfielder/Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Francis Coquelin for Aaron Ramsey 46
Olivier Giroud for Alexis Sánchez 62
Alexandre Lacazette for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 62

Cards:

Danny Welbeck 22 Y
Granit Xhaka 40 Y
Mesut Özil 49 Y
Rob Holding 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Comments:

League position: 16th With one win and two defeats, Arsenal had now made their worse three-game start to a Premier League season since 2011-12 (drawn one, lost two). The Gunners had now lost nine of their last 14 away games in the Premier League (won four). They had now failed to score in consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since April 2014. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "Mentally it was difficult. A very disappointing performance. It was disastrous. The result is a consequence of the performance. It was not good enough. We were beaten everywhere physically and in the end we made it easier for them. We have done recently well in the big games. That is why today is even more disappointing.”