Arsenal vs Liverpool
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Who won: Arsenal 3-1
Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-1 on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Robert Pires (25'), José Antonio Reyes (29') and Cesc Fàbregas (90'+4'). Goals for Liverpool: Steven Gerrard (51').
Play by play
- 94'
FULL-TIME: Liverpool threaten in the second half but can't quite recover from a poor showing in the first 45 minutes. Everton are confirmed as fourth-placed finishers, Arsenal will finish as runners-up.
- 93'
GOAL! Superb move as Lauren cuts in from the right wing and finds Bergkamp inside the area. The Dutch master prods it through to Fabregas, who places the ball past Dudek from six yards.
- 92'
Aliadiere sloppily drifts off-side after being found by a good ball out of defence. He protests his innocence.
- 91'
Another great Alonso ball finds Cisse on the edge of the area. The young Frenchman takes another early shot, but a deflection takes all the pace off it and Lehmann collects.
- 90'
Four minutes of stoppage time. Not sure where that came from, but what do I know? I'm just a simple man.
- 89'
Gilberto, found by a clever pass from Bergkamp, smashes a shot from a tight angle high over the bar.
- 89'
Oooh! Bergkamp threads a pass through the heart of the Liverpool defence, but Aliadiere can't quite collect and Dudek collects.
- 88'
Benitez looks a little frustrated on the sidelines, though his side have been very good in the second half.
- 87'
A Fabregas foul gives Gerrard the chance to send another dangerous cross in to a crowded area. Hyypia rises highest but heads wide.
- 86'
SUB: Aliadiere on, Reyes off. Fresh legs up front for the home side. Reyes has played well again today; he's always a threat.
- 85'
As things stand, Everton are just five minutes from Champions League football next season. Who'd have thought that?
- 84'
Reyes sprints clear down the right channel. He tries to cut back on to his right foot, goes down under a clumsy challenge from Traore, but doesn't earn the penalty decision.
- 83'
Senderos holds off Garcia in the area to shepherd the ball back to Lehmann. The giant defender has had another good game today; he'll be eyeing a FA Cup place.
- 82'
Oooh! Reyes takes it short, sliding the ball across the edge of the area to Fabregas, though the youngster's side-foot shot is straight at Dudek.
- 81'
The game is opening up as the final whistle looms. Lauren breaks down the right and is fouled by Hyypia on the right-edge of the Liverpool penalty area.
- 80'
The Swiss defender then does well once more, staying on his feet as Cisse attempts to trick him on the right wing.
- 79'
Senderos shows good pace to stay with Cisse and slide the ball out of play.
- 78'
Oooh! Fabregas has a goal ruled out for off-side, coming back from an off-side position to collect a loose ball before smashing a shot past Dudek.
- 78'
The game is shaping up for a good last ten minutes or so, with Liverpool pressing and Arsenal hoping to hit them on the counter-attack.
- 77'
Fabregas sends a good ball out to Bergkamp, breaking down the right channel. He tries to take the ball on the outside of his right-boot, but fails.
- 76'
Oooh! Another good chance for Liverpool as Cisse sprints on to a long headed clearance, picks out Garcia on the edge of the area, who shoots high over the bar.
- 75'
Alonso is starting to find his range of passes. He pings a ball out to Cisse, who beats Cole for pace and clips a good cross to the back post which Lehmann does well to paw clear.
- 74'
Reyes shows good strength as he runs at Hyypia. The ball falls to Vieira, who tries to play a pass with the outside of his boot towards Bergkamp but he puts too much pace on it.
- 73'
Kewell does well to hold off Lauren; he breaks in to the area from the left wing, but his cut-back is cleared. The Australian substitute has done okay since he came on.
- 72'
Kewell goes down in the penalty area but Cole won the ball very cleanly. There were few protests from the Liverpool players, to be fair.
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