LlIVERRPOOL: His eyes bulging and his teeth gritted, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp sprinted along the touchline, gave a double fist pump and furiously beat his chest.Klopp’s celebration to greet his team’s last-gasp equalizer was as wild as the game itself, as Liverpool and Arsenal served up a pulsating 3-3 draw in the Premier League on Wednesday.”People will talk about this game,” Klopp said. “It’s not easy to forget.”An end-to-end match that started in the rain and climaxed in the snow got a fitting conclusion when substitute Joe Allen steered home a 90th-minute volley to salvage Liverpool a point that its strong finish probably deserved.
Four goals were scored in 15 frantic minutes in the first half, with Roberto Firmino twice giving Liverpool the lead only for Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud to bring Arsenal level.
When Giroud span his marker with a wonderful Cruyff turn and curled home a finish in the 55th minute, it looked as if Arsenal would be preserving its two-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Allen’s goal, however, wiped out the visitors’ advantage and left them tied for points with Leicester after 21 games.
“Hopefully, we are not going to have to regret this goal at the end of the championship,” Giroud said.
Arsenal’s response was rapid as Campbell slipped a pass to Ramsey, who drove a low finish past Mignolet at his near post in the 14th.
Firmino grabbed the third – and best – goal in a thrilling nine-minute span when he curled a shot from 25 meters beyond Cech’s grasp. (AP)
