Arsenal broke Liverpool’s unbeaten home record with an emphatic 2-1 victory. Liverpool opened the scoreline with an own-goal from Laurent Koscielny after Dirk Kuyt had his penalty saved by Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Liverpool were punished by Van Persie in the 31 and 92 minutes respectively as they fail to convert their numerous chances in front of goal.
Arsenal suffered a big blow in the early minutes of the 2nd half as midfielder Mikel Arteta suffers an injury and was being stretched off from the pitch.