#2 Arsenal 3-4 Liverpool
Looking for a bright start to the 2016/17 campaign, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool travelled to North London to take on Arsenal. Klopp handed debuts to three of the summer signings in Klavan, Wijnaldum and Mane.
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Even after missing a few regular starters, Arsenal dominated early on, whereas the Reds were still finding their rhythm. The Gunners were already looking dangerous from the wings when Moreno gifted a penalty for bringing Walcott down in the box.
Mignolet confidently saved the penalty but a few minutes later, Arsenal took the much-deserved lead from Walcott’s strike at the half hour mark. After that, a magical curling effort from a freekick by Coutinho levelled it up at the stroke of half-time.
With both teams looking to take all three points, it was Liverpool who took the lead through a clinical close-range finish from Lallana four minutes into the second half. The Reds continued their counter-attacking football which resulted in the second goal for Coutinho from a Clyne cross before the hour mark.
Mane struck Liverpool’s fourth after a great run down the right flank, getting pass two of Arsenal’s defender, cut onto his weaker foot and lashed the ball past Cech into the top corner in the 63rd minute.
Arsenal, however, did not give up and slashed Liverpool’s three-goal lead to just one through a clinical finish from Chamberlain in the 64th minute. A header by Chambers in the 76th minute made the last 15 minutes of the tie interesting. However, the Reds held onto their one goal lead to seal all the three points.
