Liverpool vs Arsenal (CL)

Breakdown

18:46 GMT : Match Starts
1 min : Arsenal get the game underway
2 mins : The visitors waste a free-kick in a great position. The referee showing early signs of being a bit of a tool
4 mins : The ref runs dramatically over to Gallas after a soft foul on Torres
5 mins : Oh no...Adebayor through...offside. Rafa is not happy
6 mins : The Gunners have started on the front foot
6 mins : Great challenge from Sami
7 mins : Arsenal corner...
8 mins : ...it's too long and Aurelio heads clear. Liverpool are going to have to be better at defending set pieces than in the last few weeks
9 mins : At last the Reds have some possession
9 mins : Gerrard through down the right...crosses for Kuyt. He can't get a decent connection.
10 mins : Spare a thought for those Liverpool fans stuck on the M62 (??)
13 mins : GOAL! Abou Diaby: Arsenal take a deserved lead. Anfield is stunned
16 mins : First Booking: Philippe Senderos:
17 mins : Reina saves from Eboue after Liverpool fail to make the most of a promising free kick
17 mins : Reina saves from Eboue after Liverpool fail to make the most of a promising free kick
18 mins : This has not been a good start by the home side. Come on Redmen
21 mins : Reina forced to make a last-ditch punch clear. This is horrible
24 mins : Carra crosses...cleared...comes to Gerrard...he volleys over. More like it...
26 mins : Kuyt goes down in the box. Big shouts. Ref says no - and he's right
27 mins : Torres through but his touch lets him down. Anfield has come back to life 28 mins : Stevie loses the ball
30 mins : Gerrard and Aurelio work their way through...the Brazilian crosses...poor clearance from Almunia...corner
30 mins : GOAL! Sami Hyypia: OH MY GOD. I LOVE YOU SAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 (alamak.)
33 mins : What drama. It's now all Liverpool. Anfield is as loud as it's ever been and we all love Sami... (the commentator is soooo high.)
35 mins : Gerrard thunders one just wide
37 mins : Brilliant tackle from Xabi...then the same from Dirk. This is how we should have started the game
38 mins : Gerrard and Fabio come over for some water and words of wisdom while Flamini gets treatment. It looks serious
40 mins : He's going to have to come off
41 mins : Alonso is spraying some Alonso-esque passes - he's been Liverpool's man of the match so far (zzz. 'spraying'?)
42 mins : Substitution: Gilberto for Mathieu Flamini: Looks like his Achilles
44 mins : Amazing tackle by Aurelio but it's an Arsenal corner
44 mins : Torres of all people heads clear
19:33 GMT : Half Time Reached
19:48 GMT : Second Half Begins
46 mins : Liverpool get the second half started
46 mins : Torres bursts down the left...it comes to Xabi on the edge of the box...gives it to Crouch but his shot is saved
48 mins : Great tackle Fabio
48 mins : Arsenal have yet to recover from the goal, it seems
49 mins : LFC corner - Kop end
49 mins : Comes to nothing - then Crouch is accused of pushing
50 mins : Great battling from Dirk. Top class, son
51 mins : The difference between now and the first 20 minutes is that now Liverpool are first to every ball
52 mins : Kuyt is down with a nosebleed
53 mins : Torres through down the right...his cross comes out to Fabio...shoots. Oh no it hits Crouch and goes hide
54 mins : Skrtel commits a beautiful foul to deny Adebayor the chance to get clear. Subtlty, grace - it had everything
55 mins : Fabio gets a round of applause for keeping Eboue in his pocket
58 mins : Brilliant tackle again from Martin
60 mins : Liverpool are enjoying all the possession right now but they have to make it cosunt
63 mins : Eboue could be through here...hits the side netting
64 mins : The attendance is 41,985 - the capacity at CL games because UEFA puts bigger advertising hoardings up which block the view from some of the front row seats - thus those seats can't be sold. Anyway... (didnt know sia.)
65 mins : Rafa is going to make a change
66 mins : Or maybe not (nice way to link)
68 mins : What a tackle by Masch - and the ref gives a free-kick in a dangerous area. Mistake
68 mins : Cleared
69 mins : GOAL! Fernando Torres: Senderos let Fernando turn. You just don't do that. Da da da da da der der der!!! (high er.)
73 mins : Substitution: Theo Walcott for Emmanuel Eboue:
73 mins : Substitution: Robin van Persie for Abou Diaby:
73 mins : Golden opportunity for Adebayor. Nine times out of 10 he scores but when it mattered most he spooned it wide
75 mins : Torres wins a corner
75 mins : Hyypia heads wide
77 mins : Babel is preparing to come on
78 mins : Substitution: Ryan Babel for Peter Crouch:
79 mins : Almunia punches away Gerrard corner. Reds on top
82 mins : Kuyt feeds Stevie on the edge of the box...just over
84 mins : GOAL! Emmanuel Adebayor:
85 mins : Penalty Scored! Steven Gerrard:
87 mins : Substitution: John Arne Riise for Fernando Torres:
90 mins : Substitution: Alvaro Arbeloa for Dirk Kuyt:
90 mins : GOAL! Ryan Babel:
20:37 GMT : Match Over
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yippy. liver through to semis. facing chelsea again. sianz.