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14 Feb 2006 Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal - EPL

Liverpoolfc.tv - FROM LUIS WITH LOVE, GARCIA THE VALENTINE HERO - Supersub Luis Garcia made it a Valentines night to remember at Anfield, coming off the bench to score a crucial winning goal three minutes from the end of an enthralling clash with Arsenal.

BBC - Before Garcia's 86th-minute strike, Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann had single-handedly kept Liverpool at bay. The Arsenal keeper saved Steven Gerrard's first-half penalty having previously brilliantly turned away a wayward header from Philippe Senderos. But Lehmann was only able to get one hand to a raking shot from Dietmar Hamann and Garcia rushed in to thump the ball past the German goalkeeper.

Riise: "I think it was important for Luis to get a goal to show he's back. He's someone who can miss chances but then pop up with the important goal. That's the type of player he is." "He tries things. When it doesn't work, maybe people aren't happy about it, but that's his game." "Obviously we're really happy because we deserved to win the game. We dominated the first half and we should have had more goals. It just goes to prove if you keep going for 90 minutes the goal can come at the end. When it does come late and you win, it's even better."