Liverpool vs. Arsenal

1-1, Premier League, Anfield, 15/8 -10
Reina 90 (og)

The Premier League campaign for the 10/11 season has started for Arsenal, and what a start to the season it was!
It was a little bit disappointing ahead of the game as Fabregas wasn't included in the squad due to a throat infection, but at least van Persie started on the bench.

We played some really good football in the first half, and had most of the possession, but not too many chances and the first half ended without any goals.
But just before half-time, as Koscielny was clearing the ball down by the corner flag, Joe Cole made a harsh tackle on him, and was shown the red card while Koscielny was carried out on a stretcher, it felt like a typical Arsenal situation, We've got like three central defenders, and when one (Djourou) is out injured, someone else has to join him, but fortunately for us, Koscielny came in to play the second half! And what a game he had, he played absolutely superb.

Just at the start of the second half Liverpool scored, it was so disappointing as we had played so well in the second half and were 11 against 10.
After that we could hardly get a pass to the right address and we were really poor to watch, but when the introduction of Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky took place, we slowly turned the game around and began to build up some pressure.
But with the goal we got really lucky, Rosicky provided with a good cross that Chamakh forced himself towards, but the ball hit the post and bounced back into the box, Reina then intended to catch it with his hands, but he misjudged it and dropped it into his own net.

The last minutes provided with chances for both teams, and in the last minute of the game Koscielny was showed a second yellow when he accidently got a hand on the ball, really harsh of the referee to book for it, earlier in this game Ngog had accidently touched the ball with his hand, but he wasn't booked for it, so for me it should not have been a second yellow, but even though he wasn't allowed to finish the game, Koscielny was my man of the match (but Rosicky came close as well) for really proving that he can put up with the pressure of the Premier League, I can only recall one mistake he did throughout the game and that was when he misjudged a situation and got the player instead of the ball (his first yellow) but otherwise he looked really solid.

So in the end we have to be pleased to get a point out of the game, and we really deserved it.