ARSENAL VS LIVERPOOL CLIFF NOTES

GREAT POINT CONSIDERING

Penned this in realtime. Match review coming tomorrow.

Less than two minutes in, it's Partey vs. Dias. Dias gets fouled, leading to a free kick that VVD heads toward goal.

Arsenal take control, cooling the pace of the game. Partey looks razor-sharp—maybe this is his ideal role?

Kelleher’s under pressure from Saka, who forces a wide shank. The signs are there; he can be got at.

Merino showing his early intent, winning duels like a beast.

VVD kicks out at Havertz twice—no card. Unbelievable! That’s a sending-off for Arsenal any day. Here’s hoping the ref keeps this kind of “consistency” when we get pulled up for something similar later.

Partey is lightning-quick, breaking up a counter after some poor head tennis from Declan.

Ben White finds Saka. Saka cuts inside Robertson and SMASHES it home. Just as we were wondering where the creativity would come from—BEN BLOODY WHITE.

Saka shushes the crowd, making a gesture that seems to say there’s too much noise in the world. Or something like that.

Merino loses his touch in front of our area, letting Salah in. The shot is just wide—yikes.

Partey fumbles a shoulder-high ball with Dias. Corner.

Ball swung into the box. Havertz misjudges at the near post, a flick-on finds VVD—goal. Conceding from a set-piece, a miserable way to let one in.

Dias rolls the ball away after we win a free kick. Of course, no yellow because it’s Liverpool.

Merino gets into a great spot on a cross—he doesn’t do much with it but picks up a shoulder knock. Shakes it off, thankfully.

Trossard clips a lovely ball over the top to Martinelli, but Konate muscles him out easily.

Martinelli redeems himself, receiving a perfectly weighted pass from Merino, beating Trent, flashing it across the box—no one’s there to finish.

Martinelli keeps causing problems, charging towards goal, but Havertz blasts over from close range.