Late Skrtel Goal Earns Liverpool Draw With Arsenal

A 97th-minute bullet header from defender Martin Skrtel earned Liverpool a 2-2 draw in their Premier League clash with Arsenal at Anfield.

Philippe Coutinho gave Liverpool the lead in the 45th minute after a quiet opening, driving in low into the corner from 20 yards, before Mathieu Debuchy’s far-post header handed Arsenal an unlikely leveller just a minute later, deep into first-half stoppage time.

Mathieu Flamini had been lucky to escape a red card in the first half after Michael Oliver deemed his flailing arm on Adam Lallana was not worthy of a second booking.

Arsenal took the lead on 64 minutes, Olivier Giroud picking up the ball after a one-two with Santi Cazorla to sweep home from six yards.

Liverpool substitute Fabio Borini was sent off late on for picking up two bookings in the space of four minutes, before the 10 men earned a point with Skrtel's late header from a Lallana corner.

Liverpool climbed a place to 10th in the table with the point, while Arsenal are sixth, four points behind fourth-placed West Ham.