Liverpool v Arsenal, 31 August 2025

Score1-0 to Liverpool
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,455

View Liverpool v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 4.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 67 Liverpool won: 26 Drawn: 23 Arsenal won: 18 Liverpool scored: 114 Arsenal scored: 85 . This was Liverpool's first win in their last seven meetings with Arsenal in the Premier League (lost two).

1 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

0 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Dominik Szoboszlai 83 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Riccardo Calafiori Defender
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder
Noni Madueke Midfielder/Forward
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Martinelli Forward
Viktor Gyökeres Forward

Substitutions:

Curtis Jones for Alexis Mac Allister 61
Federico Chiesa for Hugo Ekitike 79
Joe Gomez for Ibrahima Konaté 79
Wataru Endo for Florian Wirtz 89

Substitutions:

Cristhian Mosquera for William Saliba 5
Martin Odegaard for Mikel Merino 70
Eberechi Eze for Gabriel Martinelli 70
Max Dowman for Noni Madueke 89

Cards:

Ryan Gravenberch 29 Y
Wataru Endo 90+8 Y

Cards:

Viktor Gyökeres 66 Y
Martín Zubimendi 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Cristhian Mosquera
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Max Dowman
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri
Forward Andre Harriman-Annous

Comments:

League position: 1st . After three games, reigning champions Liverpool were now the only team to retain a 100% record in this Premier League season. . The Reds had now scored in 37 consecutive games in the top division for the first time; previously 36 set in February 2020. . The attendance of 60,455 had now become the biggest-ever for a league game at Anfield; previously 60,420 versus Ipswich Town in the Premier League on 25 January 2025.

Comments:

League position: 3rd . This was Arsenal's first away defeat in the Premier League since their visit to Newcastle United on 2 November 2024; longer than any other current Premier League team. . The Gunners failed in their attempt to win their first three games of a league season without conceding for the first time since 1924-25 in League Division One. The third game was a 2-0 win against Liverpool. . They had now lost two of their last 15 games in the Premier League (won seven).

1 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Dominik Szoboszlai 83 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Substitutions:

Curtis Jones for Alexis Mac Allister 61
Federico Chiesa for Hugo Ekitike 79
Joe Gomez for Ibrahima Konaté 79
Wataru Endo for Florian Wirtz 89

Cards:

Ryan Gravenberch 29 Y
Wataru Endo 90+8 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha

Comments:

League position: 1st . After three games, reigning champions Liverpool were now the only team to retain a 100% record in this Premier League season. . The Reds had now scored in 37 consecutive games in the top division for the first time; previously 36 set in February 2020. . The attendance of 60,455 had now become the biggest-ever for a league game at Anfield; previously 60,420 versus Ipswich Town in the Premier League on 25 January 2025.

0 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Riccardo Calafiori Defender
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder
Noni Madueke Midfielder/Forward
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Martinelli Forward
Viktor Gyökeres Forward

Substitutions:

Cristhian Mosquera for William Saliba 5
Martin Odegaard for Mikel Merino 70
Eberechi Eze for Gabriel Martinelli 70
Max Dowman for Noni Madueke 89

Cards:

Viktor Gyökeres 66 Y
Martín Zubimendi 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Cristhian Mosquera
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Max Dowman
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri
Forward Andre Harriman-Annous

Comments:

League position: 3rd . This was Arsenal's first away defeat in the Premier League since their visit to Newcastle United on 2 November 2024; longer than any other current Premier League team. . The Gunners failed in their attempt to win their first three games of a league season without conceding for the first time since 1924-25 in League Division One. The third game was a 2-0 win against Liverpool. . They had now lost two of their last 15 games in the Premier League (won seven).