Good evening and welcome to one of English football's most famous stadiums,
Highbury, and this a match of great meaning to the destination
of the Premier League trophy this season.
Liverpool in general have had the better of recent meetings with Arsenal,
they've won four of the last five and they've scored quite a lot of goals in that time,
notably through Robbie Fowler, who has actually got a hat-trick against Arsenal
in each of the last three seasons, though they all came at Anfield.
Arsenal calling the shots in the early moments,
Keown knocks another one across, Wright underneath it!
And it's well parried by James.
McManaman making himself available to pick up the pieces.
And now he'll move forward quickly, Fowler will look to get it onto his left foot,
McManaman sweeps it across for Collymore!
Spurns the opportunity, and it was a good one too.
They found it rather easy to thread their way through the Arsenal defence, it has to be said.
That was a mistake that releases Collymore, he may have taken too long again.
Well, I wonder if Stan Collymore will have two better chances
than the two he's been presented in the opening quarter of an hour here.
Roy Evans, a proud man but he knows that since he took over from Graeme Souness
the only trophy in the cabinet has been the League Cup.
Decoy run made, and Collymore has gone on, he can finish this time...
Well, it was a feeble toe poke at the end of some intricate footwork.
Barnes still skilful enough to shield the ball then deliver the pass.
This time it's David Platt who wins it for Arsenal.
Down the line, Bergkamp is in there alongside him,
here's Bergkamp! And he spoons it high.
Ian Wright, Dennis Bergkamp, into the crowd.
Harkness, asks McManaman to take on Platt.
Sqaure ball, good shot, surely Collymore now!
No stopping Stan Collymore from four yards out.
And the hard-struck shot bounced back off Seaman's chest
and Collymore pounces for his 15th of the season,
and they are off their seats.
Bergkamp, lovely chipped ball for Wright, who will certainly keep it in.
Hooks it across the face of goal then it's knocked back again.
Bergkamp, Vieira, who's going to be strongest here?
It was Mark Wright of Liverpool, he's hacked it away and Collymore charges on,
and he might get something else here!
Thrilling try from Collymore, and that would have been a goal within five seconds
of the move petering out at the other end of the field.
Robbie Fowler here, he's round Seaman and goes down...
Penalty given, is it?
Robbie Fowler with the touch that took it away from his England colleague David Seaman.
Ian Wright furious, being told to go away by Gerald Ashby.
Robbie Fowler can extend his extraordinary scoring sequence against Arsenal...
Seaman makes the save - but McAteer's in!
2-0 Liverpool, and at long last McAteer has got his first Premier League goal.
But what curious circumstances in which to break his duck.
Here's a shot! And a save, Vieira is still in there.
And Platt stabs it wide, McAteer knocks it away.
Garde.
Nice little flick from Bergkamp to Wright.
And Ian Wright did so well, he did brilliantly well.
A goal out of nothing really from the goal-poacher supreme.
A super goal from a super striker.
And it ends in Liverpool's favour: Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool.