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#5 Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal, Premier League 29/12/18
Games between Liverpool and Arsenal always produce goals galore, and the game in December of 2018 was no different with an overall goals tally of 6 between the two sides. Although, 5 of those goals were scored by the home side.
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Moreover, Liverpool went into this game in the middle of a title race against Manchester City and couldn't afford any slip-ups in a big game against Arsenal. However, it took just 11 minutes for the dreaded slip up to come with Ainsley Maitland-Niles finishing off a fine Arsenal counter-attack to put his side 1-0 up against the run of play.
This goal shocked many at Anfield who came into the ground expecting their team to smash an Arsenal side struggling for consistency. And, luckily for Liverpool fans, it didn't take long for Arsenal to return to their inconsistency and for Liverpool to turn the game on its head. The two Roberto Firmino goals came within two minutes of each other and just 3 minutes after the opening Arsenal goal. The first of 3 for Firmino on the night came after a deflection gave the Brazilian an open net to calmly slot home the equaliser.
After that, it didn't take long for Liverpool to break through a fairly penetrable Arsenal back 4. The Reds went on to score 3 more in the first half to end the half 4-1 up with all members of the deadly front 3 finding the back of the net. And the catalogue of goals included some special strikes. Roberto Firmino's second goal, in particular, is a memorable one after the Brazilian slalomed between and past 3 Arsenal players before finding the back of the net. The Liverpool number 9 completed his hat-trick in the second half from the penalty spot.
The game at Anfield finished 5-1 and the Liverpool front three had torn the Arsenal defence to pieces with a hat-trick from Roberto Firmino and a goal each for Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. Firmino's individual brilliance for his second goal will be the one remembered the most in the Reds' merciless mauling of Arsenal.
