Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2005

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2005, 15:05 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool: match report

Arsenal won against Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 May 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Robert Pirès opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robert Pirès (25'), José Antonio Reyes (29') and Cesc Fàbregas (90'). Liverpool scored through Steven Gerrard (51').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 77 points from 35 and Liverpool 5th on 55 points from 36. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Liverpool 5th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Liverpool's D-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Milan BarosLiverpool
  • 23'Yellow card · Dietmar HamannLiverpool
  • 25'Goal · Robert PirèsArsenal · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · José Antonio ReyesArsenal · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 3, Liverpool 2.