Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool swept Arsenal aside with a dominant performance to maintain their 100% start to the season.
Match Report
Liverpool maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season and moved three points clear at the top of the table with a 3-1 win over Arsenal at Anfield.
Joel Matip's header late in the first half gave the home side the lead before Mohamed Salah took the game away from the Gunners with two goals early in the second period.
Salah converted from the spot after winning the penalty himself, then scored a fine solo goal to secure the points, although substitute Lucas Torreira did pull one back late on.
Player Ratings
Match Events
19' NICE TRY! Pepe's shot saved
Willock charges through the middle and feeds Pepe on the right. He wastes no time in striking a low effort which is held by Adrian.
34' Pepe misses a massive opportunity!
Pepe charges at Robertson who is the last man and gets around him. Just Adrian to beat now from 18 yards....but he strikes a poor effort straight at the goalkeeper!
41' GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal (Matip)
Such a simple goal for Liverpool!
Alexander-Arnold curls in a classy corner from the right and Matip simply wants it more than Guendouzi. The contact on his header is bullet-like. Smash. No chance for Leno!
49' Penalty Goal! Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal (Salah)
Luiz pulls the shirt of Salah. Classic David Luiz there. Salah doesn't make a meal of it but referee Anthony Taylor spots it, awards the penalty and books Luiz.
And it's no problem for Salah! Top corner job!
58' GOAL! Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal (Salah)
SENSATIONAL!!! Salah shows a devastating change of pace to deceive Luiz on the right-wing. He then accelerates into the box, moves the ball onto his left and curls one into the bottom corner.
85' GOAL! Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal (Torreira)
Aubameyang finds space down the left and pulls a ball across goal for Torreira. He controls nicely and fires into the bottom corner from 12 yards.
Line-ups
Liverpool XI: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Salah, Firmino, Mane
Subs: Kelleher, Milner, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Shaqiri, Origi
Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Luiz, Sokratis, Monreal, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Willock, Ceballos, Pepe, Aubameyang
Subs: Martinez, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, Torreira, Chambers, Nelson, Kolasinac
Inmyveins
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if you can't support us when we lose 3-1 at away then don't come to us when we lose 3-1 at home[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Gunners4ever❤
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Ceballos against burnley last week vs Ceballos against Liverpool today
Desmondeyum
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Arsenal don’t know David Luiz is on a mission to stop them from getting top 4 .
mkmnish7
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Aresenal wins Van Dijk dribble past trophy !!!!
AndreSmart
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What I learnt, 1. Liverpool deceived us by losing their Pre-Season Games so that they can start EPL on
Afy
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AF MEME: David Luiz being trolled by fans after today's big mistake against Liverpool...
Kihacikloz
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Robertson and Arnold are on fire as always. Salah has become now three season wonder. Van djik matip are standing tall like a great wall of China. All these evidence proves liverpool found guilty for raping arsenal😂😂😂
Afy
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Data comparison between Liverpool and Arsenal. No wonder the reds got 3 goals...
leofrankid12
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ARSENAL are record BREAKERS that can't even BREAK any RECORD [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Mosanya
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Chelsea sold David Luiz to Arsenal without his manuals! 😂 and now Mohammed Salah is misusing him 💔💔
karkysurenn
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Liverpool Last season with Allison Becker conceded 21 goals.. Liverpool this season without Alisson 3 match 3 goals conceded.... And they say Van dijk is contender for ballon d'or
francismbewe
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Pepe should teach Salah how to dribble and Salah should teach Pepe how to score.
boostero
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You can find every gif of nice goals here: http://bit.ly/2ZsZgKy
mupbceip
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Ive seen some positives today from arsenal, todays performance will win a lot of away games still, pepe was brilliant, guendozi made some very good passes and hold up play, torreira looked very good off the bench and scored to my arsenal fans dont beat yourselves up to much we always knew this was a tough game, liverpool are way infront of us they are on a higher level they work so hard defensively and offensively, but i liked the fact that arsenal never dropped their heads today they kept fighting, liverpool are CL champions you dont win that by being ordinary, As a arsenal fan i see we will improve and learn from today we manage to keep out firmino and mane today something we couldnt do before, Let come back stronger #Gunnnerrssss4life
Buschester-United
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As always Liverpool always Smashed Arsenal
Bemclms
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salah the king is back
Mosanya
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Liverpool mood vs. Arsenal mood.
442patzo
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Bingo
iamildaz
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Time to change the premier League logo
PV7
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salah Mane firmino looks like its gonna become better than messi Suarez and neymar