45' 
A nightmare debut for Joe Cole then, and that has given Arsenal a great chance here. Koscielny is being loaded onto a stretcher as the half comes to a close.
45' 
 Cole is sent off for a lunge on Koscielny. It was poor, it was late but I'm not entirely sure that should have been red.
45' 
Ngog meets the corner and Clichy clears on the line before hacking clear.
44' 
Finally some action! A nice move down the right from Liverpool, as he cuts inside and forces ALmunia into a tip over the bar. Corner.
43' 
Wilshere runs into trouble as Agger hoofs the ball upfield.
42' 
Vermaelen outruns Ngog to prevent a corner.
41' 
 Wilshere loses control, then piles into Mascherano and gets the game's first yellow card.
39' 
Nice sidestep from Wilshere, who finds Chamakh but then Eboue wastes a good chance to cross.
38' 
Mascherano nearly gets Liverpool into trouble as he slides in to block a Clichy clearance. Luckily, no yellow shirt was near.
37' 
A first real sight of goal for Liverpool, as a long ball finds Jovanovic onside but he was at an angle and shanks his shot into the crowd. Poor.
36' 
Nasri is the main man for Arsenal at the moment, while Liverpool can't get Joe Cole into the game.
36' 
Now Kuyt is flagged offside. It was marginal.
35' 
Great piece of control from Nasri but his ball asks far too much from Chamakh.
34' 
Cole is robbed of possession by Diaby but wins the free kick.
33' 
The best thing about this game so far is the weather.
32' 
The secvond one is far better and causes Almunia to flap, but no-one can profit from it.
31' 
Gerrard's corner is poor but Eboue concedes another.
30' 
Cole tries a shot but Koscielny blocks and Liverpool have a corner.
29' 
Clichy charges forward and has a pop on goal but it was always rising.
28' 
Agger tricks Eboue but then turns in a very poor cross. Gerrard gets an ovation as he chases back to win the ball off Nasri.
27' 
Nasri's free kick clatters into the wall. Terrible.
26' 
A cross falls free in the area and as Chamakh goes for it he feigns a tug from Carragher, then Arshavin buys a free kick off Mascherano. A good spell for Arsenal.
25' 
Some sloppy passing from Arsenal is matched by Liverpool before Skrtel clears from the feet of Chamakh.
24' 
A neat touch from Cole releases Ngog but his cross is poor and Arsenal break clear.
23' 
Vermaelen nods over from the centre and Liverpool have a goal kick. The game needs a goal to open things up.
22' 
A good ball in from Diaby is nodded behind by Johnson. Corner.
21' 
Two poor efforts for the price of one from the free kick as Nasri's shot hits the wall before Vermaelen fires wide.
20' 
Arsenal pour forward and Eboue very nearly gets a sight of goal from ten yards out, then Gerrard clatters Eboue and is lucky not to be carded.
19' 
Now Arsenal go long but Sagna heads back to Almunia.
18' 
A superb cross from Johnson as he volleys the ball into the area but Koscielny nods clear.
17' 
Unusually for Arsenal, they have gone long looking for Chamakh quite often, though he isn't having much luck up against Skrtel and Carragher.
16' 
Nasri limped off for treatment a moment ago but he's back on now as Ngog chalks up another offside flag.
15' 
Decent move from Liverpool as Gerrard finds Kuyt, who touches off to Johnson but his cross is behind Cole and in front of Jovanovic.
14' 
Arshavin goes for a one-two with Nasri but Carragher whacks clear. The game is threatening to burst into life...
13' 
Ngog is caught offside again as Gerrard floats a ball over Arsenal's back line.
12' 
Gerrard snaps in quickly on Wilshere. England colleagues in midweek going head to head.
11' 
Agger is late on Eboue and gives away a free kick. No card though.
10' 
A neat touch from Cole as Liverpool look to play their way upfield. Ngog is then flagged offside.
9' 
Gerrard loses possession before Carragher's wild hack from a ball over the top goes high in the air before Renia catches. An odd one.
8' 
Mascherano gives away niggly foul shock, but as Arsenal lose possession Jovanovic shows good strength to shrug off Sagna but Kuyt's eventual cross is right at the 'keeper.
7' 
Kuyt tries to cross but Vermaelen gets a block on it, and Almunia comes out to scoop up the loose ball.
6' 
From the corner Vermaelen goes down as the ball bounces loose but Gerrard mops up.
5' 
From an Arsenal free kick Vermaelen smashes one goalwards and Renia is forced into a flying save. That was swerving viciously.
4' 
Gerrard looks lively early on, as he buzzes around the midfield. No fluency from either side so far.
3' 
Ngog flicks on for Joe Cole but he is crowded out by Diaby.
2' 
A choppy start from both sides with possession swapping hands regularly. Wilshere gets stuck into Jovanovic and gives away a free kick.
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We're off....