Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal result - Trent Alexander-Arnold booed coming on for hosts, as Mikel Merino scores equaliser then sees red

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Arsenal came from two down to rescue a point at Liverpool as they took a step closer to cementing their place in next season's UEFA Champions League.

The two sides, who have been setting the pace at the summit of the Premier League all season, put on a scintillating affair, with both teams dominating a half each of the 2-2 draw.

The hosts rode the crest of a wave in the first half, scoring a 90-second double salvo, with it seeming that their opponents had been hit hard by their midweek defeat in the Champions League semi-finals by Paris Saint-Germain.

Cody Gakpo opened the scoring with a thumping header just moments after he had wasted a glorious opportunity to square the ball for Mohamed Salah to tap into an empty net, but the Dutchman made amends with a superbly taken finish at the near post.

Just 87 seconds later, Luis Diaz had made it two after Dominik Szoboszlai hared off down the right, sliding the ball across the box for the Colombian to send over the line as Arne Slot's champions threatened to run riot.

Curtis Jones almost got the third with a low drive that forced David Raya to save on the stretch just before the interval.

Arsenal came out in the second half revitalised, and they had halved the deficit within two minutes as Gabriel Martinelli, who had switched positions with Leandro Trossard to spearhead the visiting attack, glanced into the far corner as he ghosted between the two Liverpool centre-halves to get on the end of Trossard's inswinger.

The Gunners pushed for an equaliser, and it finally came as captain Martin Odegaard rattled the post from a thunderous long-shot with 20 minutes to play, and Mikel Merino was on hand to stoop lowest and nod home the rebound.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, who announced his departure from Anfield on Monday, was greeted by boos as he replaced Conor Bradley as a substitute, and the England right-back played Merino onside for the equalising goal, with VAR proving the home defence's protests wrong.

Merino saw red with 10 minutes remaining as he panicked under pressure from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota, before a final desperate lunge on Szoboszlai earned him his marching orders and pushed The Gunners' backs against the wall.

Andy Robertson thought he had won the game late on as he forced the ball home after Virgil van Dijk saw his powerful header from a Salah corner repelled by Raya, only for the Scotsman to tap home the rebound, but Ibrahima Konate was deemed to have fouled Myles Lewis-Skelly in the penalty box melee.

So a share of the spoils, which does nothing for Liverpool as the newly crowned champions, but leaves Arteta's Arsenal with some work left to do to qualify for Europe's premier competition once more.

FULL TIME

There we have it, and the spoils are shared. It's not the result that Arsenal needed to cement their top-five finish, but they'll take it following the red card for Merino.

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The champions think they've won it at the death as Salah's corner is swung in. Van Dijk powers a header at goal, Raya saves, and Robertson stabs home the rebound, but it's a foul in the build-up on Lewis-Skelly by Konate.

Alexander-Arnold teases in a delicious ball that Raya comes for and misses, and neither Jota nor Nunez can get that elusive touch!

Liverpool can't find a winner as Robertson arrives at the back stick, but just diverts his effort off his shin over the top.

Saka is replaced by Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Since Merino's dismissal, Calafiori has formed part of a back three for Arsenal, with Tierney going to right wing-back.

Meanwhile, Ryan Gravenberch is replaced by Harvey Elliott.

He looks to tease it back inside the near post, and it's not far away.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is over it, at the Kop end...

Merino is ambushed as he's played a hospital pass by Raya. Nunez and Jota converge on him, and the Spaniard lunges on Szoboszlai straight after. He's already been booked, and he's given his marching orders!

Diogo Jota replaces Luis Diaz.

Riccardo Calafiori and Kieran Tierney are coming on for Arsenal. Ben White and Leandro Trossard are the two to be replaced.

Gravenberch nabs it off Merino and goes past Ben White with ease. He looks up and shoots, but his strike is high and wide.

The visitors are pushing for a winner, knowing that all three points guarantees them Champions League football next season.

Were the Liverpool fans more concerned with berating Alexander-Arnold than cheering on their own team? It certainly seemed as though the home side were caught up in the emotion of it all, and they were caught out.

He's the ultimate pantomime villain at the moment, the Liverpool right-back. Not an ideal first few minutes of his game so far, being booed with every touch he takes.

They've dug deep for that, and Arsenal are level!

Liverpool's defence are appealing for an offside against the Spaniard. Odegaard unleashes a ferocious strike from range that Alisson tips onto the post, and Merino dives in to nod home the rebound!

... the Liverpool fans sing.