They have probably rarely appeared in a title game during a Premier League season. But Liverpool and Arsenal claim they are involved in the most exciting group stage competition in 30 years. Over the years, both clubs have provided many exciting encounters that have amazed neutrals, as well as happy celebrations or sad moments between supporters and players.
There have been many memorable clashes, including one of the famous 4-4, 3-3 in 2009, a raucous cup match and a Champions League match. On this day in 2014, one of the most famous matches between Liverpool and Arsenal took place. On 8 February of that year, the Reds welcomed the Gunners to Anfield for a Premier League match.
Arsenal went into this match at the top of the table with high hopes of challenging for the title. Liverpool are fourth, eight points off the table, but still have ambitions to compete with the top teams. Liverpool can’t shake the title after Theory and Jamie Carragher What happened that day at Anfield is often talked about by fans of both clubs, albeit in different tones.
Liverpool secured a famous 5-1 win on Saturday afternoon in Merseyside in a game that started on a cold February afternoon. Martin Skrtel scored twice to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead within 10 minutes of the first half. Twenty minutes later, goals from Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge put the Reds 4-0 up.
In the 52nd minute, Sterling scored again to make it 5-0. Mikel Arteta’s penalty meant that the lack of clean sheet was Liverpool’s only disadvantage. “I’m trying to think of a memorable game in the last 15 years,” said captain Steven Gerrard.
He might have had a close game or two in the Champions League, but he was very explosive. Right there.“This performance is one of the top three performances I have ever seen. You are talking about the best team in the league with world class players costing £42m. Jack Wilshere, one of America’s best prospects.
(Santi) Cazorla, World Cup winner. “We destroyed the best team from start to finish.”It was a result that shook the Premier League. Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny at the time was also impressed with the result and couldn’t keep his comments to himself on social media.Simply put, the Poland international posted on Facebook: “It was a shame… “I apologize to everyone who spent 90 minutes on this game.
“Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has become much more comfortable with PG due to his choice of words.
The Frenchman admitted Liverpool deserved the win and regretted his and his players’ performance. Wenger said after the match: “The important thing is that we have to respond to this result, especially because our performances have been poor, so we have to respond with another performance.””I don’t think the whole team played well. “We know we have to focus more at this level.””Our overall performance, including mine, was not good enough.
I think it would be better not to say too much and give you a better answer when we go home on Wednesday night. “Congratulations to Liverpool. They were the best team today and we were very poor. For 90 minutes, our fans were the only good ones.”You’d think losing 5-1 to a strong opponent in the title race would be bad enough, but unfortunately for Wenger, that wasn’t the case.
The post-match incident at Lime Street Station went viral online. As Wenger entered Liverpool station to catch a train to London, the Arsenal manager fell to the ground. Two British Transport Police officers helped Wenger by lifting his jacket next to his suitcase.This incident was caught on video and caught the attention of many people on social media. The representative of the club told this to the press.