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At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on January 21, the second leg of the Premier League Cup semi-final ushered in a match, and Arsenal faced Liverpool at home. In the first half, Lacazette's free-kick hit the crossbar, Matip's goal was blown offside and Jota scored with a dragon. In the second half, Lacazette wasted a good opportunity, Gordon pushed and kicked, Cornett's header hit the upright, Takumi Minamino's low shot was blocked, and Jota single-handedly broke the goal twice. In the end, Arsenal lost 2-0 to Liverpool. With both sides playing 0-0 in the first leg, Arsenal lost 2-0 in both legs and were eliminated. Liverpool managed to advance to the final.
The game had just begun, and Martinelli was sandwiched between two men near the bottom line, and he wanted to break through, but in the end, Arnold blocked the ball out of the bottom line. In the 4th minute, Arsenal were awarded a free kick opportunity in front of the penalty area. Lacazette took the penalty, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out, it was really a little bit worse, Liverpool escaped the disaster. In the 12th minute, relying on a corner kick opportunity, Fabinho grabbed a nod and Matip in front of the goal kicked the ball in, but Matip was already offside and the goal was ruled invalid.
In the 18th minute, Liverpool scored! Jota ran in half, and when he got to the front, he forced his way through, burst to the front of the penalty area, and then cut inward and shot low, and the ball went in! The goal was a perfect reflection of Jota's personal ability, with a dragon destroying the Arsenal defence. Arsenal are in trouble. In the 27th minute, when Martinelli broke through with the ball in the penalty area, he collided with his opponent and fell to the ground, and the referee did not show any indication. In the 42nd minute, Lacazette stepped directly on Jones' foot while grabbing the ball, and Jones fell to the ground in pain, which gave Lacazette a yellow card. At half-time, Arsenal trailed 1-0.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 48th minute, Lacazette stepped forward, received a delicate pass from his teammate, unloaded the ball, and got the opportunity to face the goalkeeper, but his shot was high and wasted a great opportunity, which was a pity. Three minutes later, Liverpool launched a quick counterattack, Ruota broke through with the ball on the side, burst into the box and sent an inverted triangle back pass, and the unguarded Gordon directly pushed a kick, resulting in a kick. Gordon wasted Jota's magic pass. In the 55th minute, Fuan Jianyang made a mistake and had to pull someone to foul, which made him get a yellow card.
In the 57th minute, Liverpool almost scored again, relying on a corner kick opportunity, Cornett grabbed a nod to the goal, the ball hit the upright and popped up, Henderson made up the shot, which was deflected by Ramsdale. Six minutes later, Firmino picked up a cross from the left side of the penalty area and Ramsdale confiscated the ball. In the 69th minute, Takushi Minamino's shot from inside the penalty area was blocked. In the 77th minute, Liverpool scored again, still jota, who single-handedly scored and killed the game. Klopp celebrates passionately. In the 80th minute, Martinelli volleyed high. In the end, Arsenal lost 2-0 to Liverpool. Another 1 Place in the English League Final was born, and Liverpool reached the final. Arsenal were out.