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Arsenal and Liverpool both had a fairly eventful time of it in Big Cup last night. But whose antics were the most unbelievable? Arsenal shipped three goals at home in the last 29 minutes of their match, a collapse which almost certainly locks them into their usual pattern of finishing second in the group, drawing Bayern Munich, then losing 4-0 away from home in the first leg. Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, meanwhile, selected 11 professional footballers to play a professional football match, which they did fairly competently, albeit without reward. Yes, he really did do that!

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