Liverpool–Arsenal is one of those games where the box score and the result ask different questions. Arsenal took the win, but Liverpool got far more shots inside the box and almost none on target. That does not tell us whether Arsenal consistently disrupted the final touch or Liverpool kept wasting good entries. If you watched, which of those felt closer to the truth?
Our provisional result records Arsenal winning 1–0. The final-stat feed has Liverpool on 17 shots, 14 from inside the box, but just one on target; Arsenal took 10 shots, with three on target. The locations show Liverpool reached dangerous areas. They do not tell us the quality of each final action or how Arsenal defended it.
