Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has stated that the membership mustn’t ”panic” after struggling a defeat within the Neighborhood Defend conflict towards Arsenal, stressing that penalty shootouts are identical to a ”lottery”. Arsenal defeated Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to win the Community Shield on the Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The traditional 90 minutes motion had led to a 1-1 draw, and consequently, the match went right into a penalty shootout.
“Throughout the entire sport, we performed effectively, dominated, pressed them effectively, and created many probabilities. Clearly ultimately penalties is only a lottery and something can occur,” the membership”s official web site quoted Van Dijk as saying.
“We’re upset however now we have to maneuver on. Final 12 months we misplaced on penalties as effectively and we received the league so we should not panic, however clearly we needed to win right now,” he added.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had struck the opening goal in the 12th minute of the match. Liverpool pressed onerous within the second half, and at last, their efforts paid off within the 73rd minute as Takumi Minamino bought the equaliser for the aspect, bringing the scoreline to 1-1.
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FA Neighborhood Defend is an annual soccer match performed between the winners of the earlier season’s Premier League winner and the earlier season’s FA Cup winners.
Liverpool had received the 2019-20 Premier League title whereas Arsenal had received the FA Cup after defeating Chelsea within the ultimate.
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