Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2012

Result

Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2012, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal: match report

Liverpool were beaten by Arsenal 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lukas Podolski opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Liverpool did not score. Arsenal scored through Lukas Podolski (31') and Santi Cazorla (68').

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 17th on 1 point from 2 and Arsenal 13th on 2 points from 2. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 6 draws and 3 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Per MertesackerArsenal
  • 26'Yellow card · Mikel ArtetaArsenal
  • 31'Goal · Lukas PodolskiArsenal · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool
  • 68'Goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · J. ShelveyLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 6, Arsenal 3.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Joe Allen, Luis Suárez, Fabio Borini, Raheem Sterling, Nuri Şahin, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen