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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay at the Emirates Stadium

Saka and Martinelli torment Liverpool to hint at wider change

Gabriel Martinelli scores Arsenal’s first goal in the first minute
Gabriel Martinelli scored Arsenal’s first goal in the first minute, part of an exhilarating display by the Brazil forward. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

It seemed fitting that the last significant act of this game should be Gabriel Martinelli veering and skittering about in the far left-hand corner of the pitch, still with that maniacal, ferrety energy in his feet, still picking away furiously at the Liverpool defence.

He was relentless at the Emirates Stadium, a pest, a nag, a constant creative press, in a game that saw him torture not just one but two Liverpool right-backs, Trent Alexander-Arnold having left the field at the break after a collision in the first half.

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