Arsenal vs Liverpool LIVE: FA Cup result and final score as Luis Diaz goal wraps up away win
Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool: Diaz’s late strike added to Jakub Kiwior’s own goal as the Reds advanced to the FA Cup fourth round
Liverpool held Arsenal at bay to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.
The hosts were again left to rue their profligacy as they fell short in a clash of two Premier League title rivals, squandering a series of chances across the 90 minutes.
Jurgen Klopp’s side struggled to contend with Arsenal’s pressing and vibrancy in forward areas in the first half, but a couple of tactical and position tweaks at half-time paid dividends for the Liverpool boss, with Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz given greater freedom to run in behind the Arsenal defence.
The visitors twice struck the crossbar before an inswinging Trent Alexander-Arnold free kick was diverted home inadvertently by Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior ten minutes from time to give Liverpool a late lead.
And with Mikel Arteta sending on forwards and Arsenal throwing bodies forward in pursuit of an equaliser, there was plenty of stoppage-time space for Luis Diaz to seal victory with a fine finsh past Aaron Ramsdale and ensure Liverpool will be in the hat for Monday night’s draw.
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Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 45 + 2 minutes
A last chance before the interval. Kai Havertz is fouled just before the clock ticks into the 47th minute. Can Reiss Nelson produce something of quality?
He can’t. That’ll do us.
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 45 + 1 minutes
Into two additional minutes to close this captivating half.
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 45 minutes
Off the crossbar! Now it’s Liverpool threatening, Trent Alexander-Arnold unfurling a rasping drive from right of centre and bursting between Aaron Ramsdale’s gloves. Away off the woodwork it ricochets!
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 44 minutes
Another chance for Kai Havertz! Arsenal’s pressing has been excellen, Declan Rice picking his moment and the pocket of Alexis Mac Allister. Havertz, perhaps again overly ponderous when the chance appears, drags himself a little wider than ideal and can’t force a finish back beyond Alisson.
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 43 minutes
He’s clearly been taking tips from his England colleague Trent Alexander-Arnold - curling away beyond Alisson’s goal with the goalkeeper and his defenders untroubled.
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 42 minutes
Quansah returns in time to watch Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones pincer Martin Odegaard, the Norwegian deftly moving between them and hitting the deck to draw a foul.
Ten yards out on the right - Bukayo Saka will pick his target...
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 40 minutes
A worry for Liverpool. Jarrell Quansah goes down in discomfort after treading awkwardly over the ball, his body all out of shape in the incident. Jurgen Klopp doesn’t have much in the way of defensive cover on the bench with Virgil van Dijk ill.
Quansah looks like he might be ok, pleasingly, but we’ll see if there are any lasting impacts.
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 37 minutes
Fiercely struck! Alisson is in harm’s way as Ben White absolutely thumps the leather off the ball from the edge of the box, a swerving exocet swatted away by the goalkeeper.
And that’s a cracking chance, too! A fine corner hits Kai Havertz’s head but the German can’t find the target from five yards out! 12 attempts already for Arsenal - will these squandered opportunities cost them?
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool, 34 minutes
Too much oomph. The one from the right earlier was overdone, and this is similarly charred, drifting over Aaron Ramsdale and out of play with a cavalcade of potential contesters crowding the box. Two uncharacteristically poor deliveries from Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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