Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal: Mo Salah’s Historic Effort not Enough as the Reds are Held by the Gunners at Anfield
Liverpool played out a second successive draw at Anfield, after they were held to a 1-1 stalemate by visiting Arsenal in their Premier League Matchday 18 tie at MerseysideThe opening half began with a flurry of action from the Gunners and they received an early reward when skipper Martin Odegaard’s free-kick was headed home by Brazilian international Gabriel Magalhaes in the fourth minute.
The goal spurred the visitors as they went in search of a second, while Liverpool battled to keep their composurThe hosts should have gotten a penalty in the 20th minute after Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard had handled in the box, but play was waved on.
Nine minutes after the incident, the Reds equalized through their talismanic forward Mo Salah. The Egyptian had received a weighted long-range pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold in the Liverpool half, before beating his marker Oleksander Zinchenko and rifling a shot into the roof of the net.
The strike also propelled Mo Salah into the Top Ten all-time list for the most goals in the Premier League era. The half ended all square, with nothing to separate both teams.
The second period saw a shift as the Reds dominated proceedings and had several chances to put their noses in front .
Efforts from Joe Gomez and Harvey Elliott came to nothing, while a cracker of a shot from Trent Alexander Arnold struck the crossbar, which was the closest as the hosts got to finding a second goal.
It draw with Arsenal maintaining their lead at the top of the Premier League table, while Liverpool remain second – just above Aston Villa.