Liverpool stunned Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, knocking them out of England’s oldest club competition, LCSoccerHub Reports.
Two late goals was enough to condemn the London outfit to their first home defeat this season to rile up pressure on Mikel Arteta.
Despite missing their key man Mohamed Salah, who had left for 2023 AFCON, the Jurgen Klopp-led boys produced a classy performance in front of Arsenal’s home fans to edge out the London club from the competition.
It was another nightmare encounter for Mikel Arteta as he watched his side’s pay heavily for lacking a proper striker and wasting enormous chances.
Arsenal dominated proceedings in the first half, effectively clipping the wings of the visitors. However, the could not make the dominance count.
Martin Odegaard came close to breaking the goal deadlock but had his thunderbolt crichot off the woodwork.
Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, and Reiss Nielson all attempted solid efforts on goal but could not find the back of the net.
In the final minutes of the first half, Alexander-Arnold hit the post with a rocket and nearly gave Liverpool the lead.
Overall, Arsenal had a better first half than Liverpool but struggled to make it count. It ended barren at the break.
Liverpool came out smoking in the second half, approaching the game with full intensity and trying to create chances.
It was pretty end-to-end midway into the second half as both sides struggle to find the back of the net.
In the 80th minute, the deadlock was finally broken. Alexander-Arnold’s spot-on free-kick was headed home mistakenly by Arsenal player Jakub Kiwior, who had the free-kick skim off his head into the near post.
Arsenal attempted to mount an immediate response, commiting many players forward but were dealt final blow with a Liverpool counter.
Darwin Nunez led the counter pacing down the left before locating Diogo Jota, who picked on Luis Diaz.
The Colombian forward then rifle a thunderbolt pass Aaron Ramsdale to seal the win for Liverpool.
Liverpool have now progressed to the fourth of the FA Cup with the win while Arsenal’s continue to slide as they crash out of the competition
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