Live bar On January 21, at 3:45 a.m. Beijing time, the second leg of the English League Cup semi-finals, Liverpool challenged Arsenal away. In the first half Arnold assisted Jota's goal; in the second half Arnold assisted again, or Jota scored, and In the last minute of regular time Thomas was sent off. In the end, Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-0 away and advanced to the final 2-0 on aggregate over two legs.
In the first leg of the previous match, Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Arsenal. In terms of squads, Liverpool's side Firmino, Henderson and Van Dijk started, Alisson and Milner came off the bench; on the Arsenal side, Lacazette, Smith-Ronaldo, Saka and Odegaard all started the game, and Thomas came off the bench.
With the whistle of the referee on duty, the game officially began.
In the 5th minute, Arsenal were awarded a free kick from within the top of the arc, Lacazette took a direct shot at goal, and the ball went around the wall and hit the crossbar to pop up. ↓
In the 13th minute, Liverpool's corner kick on the left, Robertson drove out, and after Fabinho's header was scored, Matip scored a little, but Matip was in an offside position and the goal was invalid. ↓
In the 19th minute, Liverpool began to organize the attack at the back, Alexander-Arnold crossed obliquely, Jota had the ball inside and shook past the opposing defender and then got up to attack the goal, Ramsdale's save was a bit slow, failing to prevent the ball from entering the net, Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal. ↓
Let's look at Jota's goal. ↓
In the 28th minute, Fabinho let go of the shovel in the penalty area and Martinelli fell to the ground, but the ball was shoveled first, so the referee did not say. ↓
In the 44th minute, Lacazette stepped on Curtis Jones' foot while grabbing the ball and was shown a yellow card by the referee. ↓
One minute of injury time in the first half, the half ended, and Liverpool temporarily made it 1-0 arsenal.
Liverpool made a substitution and Connat replaced Matip. In the 49th minute, Lokunga crossed diagonally and Lacazette almost single-handedly took the ball away. ↓
In the 51st minute, Jota broke through on the left and reversed the triangle to return the pass, and Gordon grabbed the point in front of the goal and flew away. ↓
In the 56th minute, Fuan Jianyang was robbed at the back, and then counter-snatched and pulled someone foul and received a yellow card. ↓
In the 59th minute, Liverpool's corner kick opportunity on the right, Alexander-Arnold drove out, Conat's header hit the upright, Henderson followed up with a shot, which was blocked by Ramsdale, but Henderson also offside when he made up the shot. ↓
In the 61st minute, Arsenal's corner kick from the left was cleared from the first point and Smith Ronaldo shot from the edge. ↓
In the 63rd minute, the Conatella received a yellow card for a foul. ↓
Still in the 63rd minute, Liverpool made another substitution, Nantes Toshi came on and replaced Gordon. In the 69th minute, Takumi Minamino's push was blocked by his opponent. ↓
In the 73rd minute, Martinelli scored from a tight angle and was pushed out of the line by Kellecht. ↓
In the 74th minute, Arsenal made a substitution, Nketiah replaced Lacazette and Thomas replaced Smith Ronaldo. In the 75th minute, Liverpool continued to make substitutions, and Henderson came on to replace Milner. In the 76th minute, Robertson's small angled shot deflected off the far post. ↓
In the 77th minute, Liverpool broke the ball at the back, Alexander-Arnold sent an oblique pass, Jota got the ball and picked out the goal, which was previously judged to be offside, but VAR decided that the goal was not offside, and the goal was valid, Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal. ↓
In the 81st minute, Martinelli volleyed high inside the penalty area. ↓
In the 82nd minute, Curtis Jones received a yellow card for a foul. In the 84th minute, Liverpool replaced Firmino with Neko Williams. In the 87th minute, Thomas brought down Williams and received a yellow card. In the 89th minute, Takumi Minamino scored the ball, Robertson pushed from a small angle, the ball was not strong enough, was directly confiscated by Ramsdale. In the 90th minute, Thomas stepped on Fabinho and received another yellow card, two yellows turned red and was sent off. ↓
In the second half, 5 minutes of injury time, in the 90+1 minute, Takumi Minamino kicked Over Lokunga and received a yellow card.
The match ended with Liverpool beating Arsenal 2-0.
Lineups for both sides:
Arsenal starters: 32-Ramsdale, 18-Fuan Kenyo, 4-Ben White, 6-Gabriel, 3 Tierney, 23-Rockonga, 8-Odega, 7-Saka, 10-Smith Ronaldo (74' 5-Thomas), 35-Martinelli, 9-Lacazette (74' 30-Nkedia)
Arsenal substitutes: 44-Hein, 16-Holderin, 37-Alebiosu, 20-Tavares, 65-Salah Aidin, 58-Bileth, 87-Pattino
Liverpool starters: 62 Kelleher, 66 Alexander-Arnold, 32-Matip (46' 5-Konat), 4-Van Dijk, 26 Robertson, 3-Fabinho, 14-Henderson (75' 7-Milner), 17-Curtis Jones, 49-Gordon (63' 18-Takushi Minamino), 20-Jota, 9-Firmino (84' 76-Neko Williams)
Liverpool substitutes: 1 Alisson, 13 Adrian, 12 Joe Gomez, 21 Zimicas, 80 Taylor Morton
(Ma Dongyu)