Arsenal vs Liverpool
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Who won: Arsenal 2-1
Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Thierry Henry (21', 83'). Goals for Liverpool: Luis García (76').
Play by play
- 93'
FULL-TIME: Arsenal deserved the three points, but had to rely on a shocking mistake from Gerrard to net a late winner after missing a hat-full of second-half chances.
- 92'
More Fabregas skill earns another Arsenal free-kick, deep in the Liverpool half. He has been my man-of-the-match, despite Henry's brace.
- 91'
SAVE! Henry curls the free-kick in to the near post, but Reina denies him his hat-trick with a diving save.
- 90'
Fabregas wins a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area with a neat flick. Henry steps up, eying his hat-trick...
- 89'
Garcia is booked for a frustrated hack at Henry as the Arsenal skipper tried to play down time near the corner flag.
- 88'
POST! Fabregas plays a quite stunning pass in to the path of Henry, who squares it to Pires, but the substitute places his shot against the post with the goal gaping.
- 86'
Gerrard looks devastated with his mistake.
- 85'
It was a horrendous mistake from the Liverpool skipper, and has probably cost his side a point. He played the ball back blind, and Henry was left with an easy task.
- 84'
GOAL! A horrible mistake from Gerrard as he tries to play a pass back to Reina, but finds only Henry, who rounds the keeper and slots in to an empty net.
- 83'
Alonso protested long and hard about the decision, and he was probably right; there was no way he meant to foul Fabregas, he just seemed to slip.
- 82'
OFF! Alonso is sent off for a second yellow card; he seemed to slip as he went in to a challenge with Fabregas and took the legs of the young Arsenal midfielder.
- 81'
Benitez is very animated on the sidelines; Wenger, on the otherhand, is still angry about a free-kick decision that didn't go Arsenal's way in the build-up to the Liverpool equaliser.
- 80'
GARCIA! Kewell sends over a cross from the left, which Garcia meets with a volley, but the pace is taken off the ball by Flamini's deflection and Lehmann saves gratefully.
- 79'
Fowler gets in his first shot on goal, but it dribbles harmlessly wide. He is still searching for his first goal in his second spell at the club.
- 78'
The Liverpool fans are delighted that their side are set to take an unlikely point from this match. Arsenal should have had this game sewn up after half-time.
- 77'
Alonso is booked for a late challenge on fellow Spaniard Fabregas. The challenge angered several Arsenal players, and the referee has a job calming the situation down.
- 76'
An unlikely equaliser for the visitors as Garcia benefits from Gerrard's powerful shot from 25 yards out. Lehmann will be disappointed he didn't get more distance on his punched-save.
- 75'
GOAL! Gerrard finds some space in the middle, and powers in a ferocious shot. Lehmann saves, but Garcia leaps high to head home the rebound from six yards out.
- 75'
Bergkamp plays Pires in down the right channel, only for the linesman to wrongly flag for off-side.
- 74'
LIVERPOOL SUB: Fowler replaces Hamann. An attacking change from Benitez as he brings on the Liverpool legend to try and grab an equaliser.
- 73'
Fowler is seen taking comprehensive instructions from his manager; he looks a little bemused as Benitez runs through a seemingly endless list of instructions in a lengthy briefing.
- 72'
Henry and Pires keep the ball between themselves for a minute before Hyypia is tempted in to foul the winger.
- 71'
Liverpool break through Garcia, but his attempted cross to Crouch is quite dreadful; throw-in to the home side.
- 70'
OVER! Hleb gets down the right and plays a ball across to Bergkamp, but his first-time shot flies high over the crossbar.
- 69'
Carragher sends a deep ball in to Crouch, but Lehmann comes to the edge of his penalty area to claim.
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