Facing the Premier League 2024-25this Wednesday was held Liverpool vs Arsenal pre-season friendly from Philadelphiain a match that gave victory to Arne Slot’s teamUnfortunately for the London team, this day they encountered the first defeat of their tour of the United States and the Anfield Road club already has two victories in North America.
The Egyptian King with the opener in Philly 🎯
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 1, 2024
The first goal of the match came from a great pass into space for Mohamed Salahwhere the Egyptian ended up defining in a very good way against the clearance of Karl Jakob Hein (13 ‘). The Reds’ offensive action began from the bottom with a clearance from Kelleher, which ended up being lowered by Diogo Jota for Harvey Elliot and the English midfielder launched the number ’11’ to leave him one on one.
Although the Gunners had a slight reaction and came close to scoring the equaliser, in the 34th minute the second goal for the Anfield Road institution appeared. The man in charge of increasing the lead was Fábio Carvalho, after Elliot himself once again provided a luxurious assist over the rival defence, so the Portuguese simply had to finish in front of the Estonian goalkeeper..
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Before the end of the first half, Mikel Arteta’s team came close and the player who scored was Kai Havertz (40′). After an attempted shot by Martin Ødegaard, the ball deflected off a Liverpool defender and then fell to the German striker who sent the ball into the back of the net with a right-footed shot.
A special assist from Harvey sets up Fabio 🌟
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 1, 2024
Arsenal could not equalize
In the second half, there were some changes by both teams, so the match lost a little intensity. Despite some attempts and Ødegaard trying to put his teammates in front of goal, the Gunners were unable to equalise and suffered their first defeat of their pre-season in the United States..
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Arsenal’s next match will be on Wednesday 7th August at Emirates Stadiumas they will face Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen before clashing with Olympique Lyon in the Emirates Cup (Sunday 11 August). Liverpool’s upcoming friendly will be against Manchester United and they will play it on Saturday, August 3.
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