Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2- match report

Last updated : 20 August 2011 By Telegraph

2:30PM BST 20 Aug 2011

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Arsenal's summer of discontent gets worse. Another injury, another sending-off, an own goal and, ultimately, another reminder that Ars?ne Wenger desperately needs to recruit experience to compliment his youth policy.

The great irony was that, while both teams had 11 men, Arsenal competed and even provided occasional reasons for optimism. But, in the critical moments, a lack of even the most basic streetwise qualities was once again evident. Emmanuel Frimpong joins Gervinho and

Alex Song in being suspended for the ominous trip to Old Trafford next week after being sent-off in what proved to be the pivotal moment of the match. Arsenal are also facing an anxious wait to discover the severity of a first-half injury to Laurent Koscielny.

For Liverpool, it was a performance of discipline and quality, with Luis Suarez applying the finishing touch in injury time after the deadlock was broken in the 78th minute by a freak Aaron Ramsey own-goal.

The first shock had been on the team-sheet. Samir Nasri, who came so close to joining Manchester City this week, was named in an Arsenal midfield that had been horribly depleted by a combination of injury, suspension and departure.

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