Results Liverpool vs Arsenal – Two goals from Mo Salah and Fabio Carvalho helped Liverpool defeat Arsenal in their second friendly match.
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Mo Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool.
True to the spirit of a friendly match, both Liverpool and Arsenal showed comfort in attacking from the first minute.
After continuous defensive situations, the outcome of the match changed. In the 13th minute, starting from a situation of deploying the ball at home, Liverpool players created a sharp combination and Mo Salah was the one who benefited from the face-to-face situation and easily defeated the Arsenal goalkeeper.
Having scored an early goal, The Kops played sublimely and continued to create more shots towards the opponent’s goal. The result came for Arne Slot’s team with a goal of doubling the gap after Fabio Carvalho’s goal in the 34th minute.
At this point, Arsenal really woke up and had a few situations to respond. Six minutes after the second goal, the “Gunners” found an equalizer after Kai Havertz’s easy cushion in the 40th minute, thereby ending the first half in a chasing situation.
Kai Havertz scored the equalizer for Arsenal.
Entering the second half, Arsenal pushed their team higher in search of an equalizer. The players in black constantly created dangerous situations for their opponents, notably Fabio Viera’s left-handed shot, but could not overcome the excellence of goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
Coach Mikel Arteta put on the field the best cards to get what he needed, but the London team encountered Liverpool’s solid defense, thereby accepting a final defeat with a score of 1-2.
After this match, Arsenal will have their next friendly match with Leverkusen, while Liverpool will face their arch-rival Man Utd.
Arsenal will have to prepare for a difficult match with Liverpool, a team they beat, lost and drew with last season. The Gunners will then face Bayer Leverkusen and Olympique Lyonnais to prepare for their opening match of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Liverpool is still the only team in the Premier League without any new recruits this summer, forcing coach Arne Slot to use the same squad as Jurgen Klopp during their pre-season tour. The third friendly match this summer will be bringing them to face a familiar opponent, Arsenal, the team that competed for the Premier League title until the final round. The fact that the two teams fielded lineups with many experiments made this match easily inconclusive.
