Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2008
Result
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: match report
Arsenal drew with Liverpool 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Robin van Persie (24'). Liverpool scored through Robbie Keane (42').
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 30 points from 17 and Liverpool 1st on 38 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Liverpool's D-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Robbie Keane
- 24'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 38'Yellow card · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 42'Goal · Robbie Keane
- 62'Second yellow · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 66'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 70'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 72'Yellow card · Jamie Carragher
- 81'Yellow card · Lucas Leiva
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Álvaro Arbeloa, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, R. Keane, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso