English professional soccer team Arsenal failed to advance to the fourth round (round of 32) of the English Football Association (FA) Cup after being blocked by Liverpool.Arsenal bowed 0-2 to Liverpool in the 2023-2024 FA Cup third round (round of 64) home game held at the Emirates Stadium in London, England on the 8th (Korean time).Arsenal had numerous scoring opportunities, including recording 18 shots against Liverpool, who suffered from the absence of Muhammad Salah (Egypt) in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, but ultimately failed to score and had to pack up early.Arsenal gave up one goal first through an own goal in the 35th minute of the second half when the score was 0-0.
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free kick hit Jakub Kivior’s head and went straight into the goal.Then, in extra time in the second half, Liverpool’s Luis Dias scored a key goal with a right-footed shot from the right penalty area.Arsenal, which was competing with Liverpool for the lead in the English Premier League (EPL), has been faltering with 1 win, 2 draws, and 4 losses in the last 7 official games, including today’s game.Meanwhile, the EPL ranking fell to 4th place (40 points). Meanwhile, Manchester City easily defeated second division team Huddersfield Town 5-0 at home and advanced to the fourth round.
Manchester City took the lead in the 33rd minute of the first half when Phil Foden scored the first goal with a left-footed shot from the left penalty area into the top corner of the opposite goal.Four minutes later, Julian Alvarez fell in the penalty area in front of the goal and put his left foot on the ball, and the ball rolled toward the bottom corner of the goal.Manchester City led 2-0 in the 13th minute of the second half when opposing defender Ben Jackson scored an own goal, and in the 20th minute of the second half, Foden widened the lead by scoring a low kick with a strong left-footed shot near the penalty arc.In the 29th minute of the second half, Jeremy Doku, who returned after about a month from a muscle injury, scored with a right-footed shot to make it 5-0.Meanwhile, Kevin De Bruyne, who had been out for more than four months due to a muscle injury behind his thigh, came on as a replacement for Alvarez in the 12th minute of the second 스포츠토토존 half of the day.Erling Haaland, who is recovering from a stress fracture in his foot, was omitted from the roster.