Most Exciting PL Games: 3
This dramatic draw with Arsenal comes in as No. 3 in our countdown of LFC's 100 Most Exciting PL Games.
LFC's Most Exciting PL Games No.3: April 21, 2009. Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal.
Yossi Benayoun scored a stoppage time equaliser as Liverpool came from behind three times to draw against an Andrei Arshavin-inspired Arsenal and move to top of the Premier League on goal difference.
Liverpool dominated early possession, creating chance after chance, but it was Arsenal who took the lead when Arshavin converted off the bar from close range after Javier Mascherano was caught in possession.
Fernando Torres levelled the scores four minutes into the second half with a powerful header before Benayoun gave the Reds the lead less than 10 minutes later, his diving header at the far post finding its way past Lukasz Fabianski in the Arsenal goal.
Arshavin scored his second with a 20-yard curler past Pepe Reina making the most of Alvaro Arbeloa's lapse in concentration before taking advantage of Fabio Aurelio's failure to clear the ball to notch his hat-trick.
Fernando Torres again levelled things up as he slotted home from the edge of the area before two goals in injury time left Anfield speechless. First Arsenal substitute Theo Walcott ran the length of the pitch to square the ball for Arshavin to score his fourth, only for Benayoun to find space in the Gunners' penalty area and smash home the equaliser with virtually the last kick of the game.