Premier League: Liverpool v Arsenal

The t-shirt traders outside Anfield celebrate their World Cup winning No9.
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While Liverpool's big summer signing Joe Cole also gets a T-shirt in his honour.
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Roy Hodgson waves to the home crowd as he he takes his place in the dugout.
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Liverpool fans give thanks to former manager Rafael Benítez prior to kick-off.
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... before launching into a rousing rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone.
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Glen Johnson gets in front of the Andrey Arshavin as Javier Mascherano looks on.
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The match is frenetic in the early stages as Steven Gerrard flies into a tackle on Thomas Vermaelen.
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Joe Cole can't quite believe it as Martin Atkinson shows him a straight red card for his challenge on Laurent Koscielny.
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... but quickly Cole realises that his league debut for Liverpool has turned into a disaster.
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Cole leaves the pitch convinced he didn't deserve a red card.
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Despite being down to 10-men Liverpool open the scoring through David Ngog's strike in front of The Kop.
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Ngog, who worked tirelessly all afternoon, gets a huge ovation as he comes off as does his replacement, Fernando Torres.
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Roy Hodgson tries to organise his side late in the second half as Arsenal search for an equaliser.
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Marouane Chamkh looks on as Pepe Reina fumbles the ball over the line.
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Reina scrambles back but it's too late and Arsenal have an equaliser.
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And Reina realises the full extent of his error as Liverpool are denied a victory after a committed second half performance.
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Martin Atkinson evens things up by showing Laurent Koscielny a red card right at the end.
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