At 0:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 5, in the 23rd round of the English Premier League, Arsenal played Liverpool at home. In the first half, Bukayo Saka scored to give Arsenal the lead, Gabriel handball an own goal for Liverpool to equalise, Havertz missed a one-on-one chance to draw 1-1 at half-time; In the second half, Martinelli doubled the lead for Arsenal, Konate was sent off for two yellows, and Leandro Trossard sealed the win in stoppage time as Arsenal won 3-1 at home to Liverpool.
At the start of the game, in the first minute, Liverpool launched a fast attack, Jota counterattacked and followed up to try to get the ball, but unfortunately the ball was taken by David Raya. In the 4th minute, Saka followed up the ball in the penalty area on the right side and burst into the goal with his feet, but the ball was deflected a little. In the 10th minute, Arsenal counter-attacked, Martinelli burst forward from the left and crossed, and Saka's follow-up header was not on target.
In the 14th minute, Arsenal scored! Odegaard sliced the ball in front of goal, Kai Havertz followed up with a shot from the goalkeeper that was blocked and came to the feet of Bukayo Saka, who slotted home to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead over Liverpool.
In the 20th minute, Arsenal counter-attacked again, Kai Havertz won the ball in front of the box and Odegaard's subsequent shot was blocked by Virgil van Dijk. In the 25th minute, Arsenal had another chance to counter-attack, this time with Kai Havertz dribbling the ball at the back and Joe Gomes getting a yellow card for bringing him down near the centre circle. 27th minute. Gakpo gets the ball from the right and crosses into the box, and Luis Díaz in front of goal can't get it on the head.
In the 31st minute, Ben White was shown a yellow card by the referee for delaying time. In the 38th minute, Arsenal had an offensive opportunity, Gabriel's kick in the chaos was directly won by Alisson, and Arsenal Rice and Havertz looked for a chance to hit the goal again, but unfortunately they failed to threaten. In the 45th minute, Jorginho played a through ball in front of the field, and Martinelli's turning shot in the penalty area was blocked.
There were 3 minutes of stoppage time in the first half, and in stoppage time, Liverpool equalized! Luis Dias broke down the right side of the field and crossed in front of goal, Gabriel returned to defend and inadvertently set himself up an own goal, and the replay showed that he turned and handballed the ball into the net, Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal.
At the end of the first half, Arsenal drew 1-1 at home to Liverpool.
At the start of the second half, in the 46th minute, Joe Gomez sent a long ball, Dias's follow-up shot from the left was blocked by a defender, and then McAllister's long-range shot also went off the line. In the 48th minute, Jota split the ball on the left side of the field, and Jones got up and shot after winning the ball. The ball is also out of the bottom line. In the 53rd minute, Jorginho broke the ball and went straight, and Odegaard's follow-up shot was blocked.
In the 57th minute, Liverpool made a substitution, with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Hrafenberg and Gakpo coming off for Robertson, Elliott and Nunez. In the 60th minute, Saka won the ball on the right side of the field, came to the penalty area and took a shot, the ball was blocked from the bottom line, and then Arsenal's corner kick was also cleared. In the 64th minute, Havertz burst into the penalty area and collided with the opponent and fell to the ground, and the referee also did not indicate it.
In the 67th minute, Arsenal scored again! Joe Gomez crossed to the front of the pitch from the left, Alisson made a mistake and Martinelli easily slotted home the empty net to give Arsenal a 2-1 lead over Liverpool.
In the 74th minute, Arsenal also made a substitution, with Trossard coming on to replace Martinelli, who had just scored. In the 77th minute, Liverpool's corner kick caused chaos, and McAllister's shot went off the line. In the 84th minute, Nunez got the ball on the right side of the front field and cut inside and kicked it away. In the 88th minute, Liverpool played one man less, and Ibrahima Konate brought down Kai Havertz in defense and received a second yellow card and was sent off.
Seven minutes of stoppage time in the second half, and in the 92nd minute, Arsenal scored again! This time it was Trossard who won the ball near the arc of the centre circle, went straight to the side and took it into the box to shoot low, and the ball went through the goalkeeper's net to seal the victory 3-1.
In the end, Arsenal won 3-1 at home to Liverpool, leaving the two sides with just two points separating them.