Allen’s late goal helps Liverpool settle with PL draw against Arsenal
“Obviously it was too much and he told the referee, but I had nothing with Arsene Wenger, no problems”. But just like he did against Manchester City, the £29 million Liverpool player raised his game against the very best.
With the clock winding down, the substitute delighted the home fans with a volley that earned Klopp’s men a draw in an enthralling contest.
Liverpool FC meeting Arsenal FC at Anfield promises goals galore.
On Elneny, Wenger said briefly: “He has joined us and we will see if he can qualify for Sunday”.
“You have got great vision from the likes of Coutinho. I think it was a well-deserved draw in an all-time spectacular game”.
“In the second half we were again in the game; it was a little bit more open than the beginning of the first half but we came back into the game”.
Early in Jurgen Klopp’s reign the German had complained about the players mentality not being able to respond to late setbacks.
“They need to transform the frustration they have in the dressing room to even more motivation for the next game”, Arsenal manager Wenger said. You can also find us on SoundCloud! We had a hard start.
“We must continue the fight until the end and we have a lot of games to recover three points”. “He has joined us”, said Wenger. Second one, I think Giroud is on the ground and we are more influenced by this situation than Arsenal, and that’s of course not too clever and it’s an easy goal for them again.
Rooney (175 goals for Man Utd) is now level with Thierry Henry (175 for Arsenal) for the most goals for a single club in Premier League history.
Arsenal were on track for a third consecutive league win when Giroud put the London side ahead approaching the hour-mark, after his first-half equaliser helped cancel out Firmino’s quick-fire brace.
It was the knockdown from the Belgian that allowed Joe Allen to strike in stoppage time to give the Reds a point in Wednesday night’s thriller.
Southampton secured only its second league win in nine games by beating Watford 2-0 with goals by Shane Long and Dusan Tadic. “My first feeling is disappointment but we have shown some character to comeback at 1-0 and 2-1 down”.
Arsenal travel to Stoke City on Sunday and will do so still battling doubts about their title credentials after failing to protect the advantage given to them by Olivier Giroud’s 55th-minute goal.