Liverpool v Arsenal - As it happened

Liverpool v Arsenal - As it happened

Full-time!

Liverpool brush aside Arsenal thanks to goals from Firmino, Mane, Salah and Sturridge.

Salah chance

Salah shoots from a tight angle but Cech manages to push the strike over the bar.

Three added minutes!

Arsenal chance!

Giroud rises well to meet a free-kick but sends his header high over the bar.

Arsenal have not had a shot on target

It has been a walk in the park for Liverpool goalkeeper Karius.

Liverpool change

Can is replaced by Grujic.

Liverpool change

Firmino is replaced by Milner.

Sturridge gets on the scoresheet!

Liverpool break again and are three on three with the Gunners defence. Can brushes aside a challenge before fizzing a pass to Salah, who whips a ball in towards the far post. Sturridge has acres of space and heads past Cech. This is embarrassing for Arsenal.

Liverpool change

Mane is replaced by Sturridge.

Yellow card Holding

The defender is shown a yellow card after a bad challenge on Henderson.

Mane chance!

Holding gets caught and Mane is in behind the Arsenal defence. Cech manages to get a hand to the shot and it rolls goalwards before Bellerin slides in to clear.

Arsenal chance!

Giroud heads a ball into the path of Lacazette, he strikes on the volley but Liverpool have men in the way and clear.

Arsenal changes

Giroud and Lacazette replace Sanchez and Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Salah makes it three!

An Arsenal corner is cleared out to Bellerin, who tries to control but Salah nips in and is free to run at goal. He bursts into the box and easily slots home past Cech.

Goal Liverpool!

Chance Liverpool!

Salah takes the ball off Monreal on the half-way line and drives towards the Arsenal goal. Cech does well to parry his shot and Henderson fires the rebound over.

Can header

Salah whips in a free-kick from the left and Can does well to flick on at the near post, but there is nobody there to get on the end of it for Liverpool.

Yellow card Ozil

The German slides in on Hederson and is cautioned.

Change for Arsenal

Coquelin replaces Ramsey and the Gunners have moved to a back four.

Ozil shot

Ozil has a go from outside the box but it is weak and dribbles wide.

We are back underway at Anfield!

Half-time!

That's the end of a very one-sided 45 minutes.

Two minutes added on

Xhaka goes into the book

Xhaka stuck a leg out at Wijnaldum in the build up to the goal and has now been cautioned.

Mane doubles Liverpool's lead!

Just as Arsenal were starting to string a few passes together in the final third Liverpool break with Firmino. He plays a through ball for Mane, who easily moves away from Holding and curls a strike into the far corner.

Goal Liverpool!

Arsenal struggling

Sanchez, Ozil, Xhaka and Ramsey have all been invisible in the game so far. Liverpool have had 75% of the possession in the last 10 minutes.

Mane shot!

Wijnaldum does well to win a header in the Arsenal box, he drops it back into the path of Mane and he fires a volley just wide of the post.

Ball in net!

Can lifts over a ball for Salah, he slots past Cech but is in an offside position.

Welbeck yellow card

Welbeck is booked for a late challenge on Moreno.

Yellow card Gomez

Gomez also gets a caution after a challenge on Welbeck.

Lovren goes into the book

Lovren gets the first yellow card of the game.

Henderson chance!

Ozil gives the ball away and Firmino plays in Henderson. He tries to chip over Cech but fires just wide.

Firmino scores!

Xhaka gives the ball away to in the middle of the park before Gomez delivers a dangerous ball into the Arsenal box. Firmino is wide open and makes no mistake with the header.

Goal Liverpool!

Chance Liverpool!

Salah has a huge chance to open the scoring. Intricate play on the edge of the Arsenal box allows Can to deliver a low ball across the face of goal and Salah looks to have a tap in... Cech does extremely well to get his body in front of the shot and the Gunners clear.

Welbeck chance!

Sanchez plays a nice through ball for Welbeck, but the ball gets stuck under his feet and the striker fires high over the bar.

Can header

Salah gets in behind Monreal on the right and delivers a cross that is too high for Mane. The ball comes in once more and Can can't convert with the header.

Arsenal settling in

The Gunners have had most of the possession in the opening five minutes, but none of it has been in Liverpool's final third.

Arsenal get us underway!

Here come the teams!

10 minutes until kick-off!

Sanchez starts

MIGNOLET RESTED

Klopp says goalkeeper Mignolet has been "rested" after an "intense" start to the new campaign...

LACAZETTE DROPPED

According to Wenger, Lacazette has been dropped because he is in an "adaptation phase."

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