By Oscar Sandoval
Two goals in the final stretch take the ‘Reds’ to the fourth round
Arsenal paid dearly for their lack of definition in the Liverpool area and were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup, the ‘Reds’ took advantage of two defensive errors by the London team and advanced to the next round to also fight for the oldest tournament in the world. world after leading the Premier League.
The posts and the failures in front of the goal frustrated Arsenal, who started with a thousand intensity, controlled the visitors and in a matter of minutes they were planted in Alisson’s area, but their attackers missed their aim again and left alive Liverpool usually costs.
Martin Odegaard burst the crossbar after 10 minutes, neither team failed in their style and it was a side-by-side match with plays on the goals, but without finishing.
Trent Alexander Arnold also hit the crossbar of the London goal in the last play of the first half and the changes appeared to shake the game, giving it a dizzying pace in favor of the ‘Gunners’ who knocked on the door again, but without being able to win to Alisson.
When the ‘Replay’ began to be a possibility, Alexander Arnold appeared 10 minutes from the end to take a free kick into the area that Jakub Kiwior sent to the back of his goal to put Liverpool ahead, who played with the desperation of Arsenal that gave up the tie in the added.
Darwin Núñez, Diogo Jota and Luis Díaz mounted a counterattack when the hosts were in the game and the Colombian scored 2-0 at 90+4 to secure the ‘Reds’ place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
2024-01-07 22:23:12
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