Easter weekend has always been an important time in the annals of football. Some of the biggest fixtures of the European season are set for this time. There is nothing quite like gathering the whole family together for an afternoon of football. Much like Boxing Day, this weekend has a special place in the fixtures calendar.
Easter weekend has provided us with some #PL classics over the years 🙌🔥 #MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 14, 2022
Therefore, it is no surprise that there have been many exhilarating results from the said matches. Teams hate losing over Easter weekend but only one can win. Sometimes there are such results that it takes a whole week to absorb the shock from them.
In the spirit of Easter and chocolate eggs, FootTheBall presents the top five fixtures over the recent years.
Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool (2021)
A season that most Gunners would wish they could delete from their memory. Arsenal missed qualifying for Europe for the first time in 25 years and this result became part of a wider problem. Mikel Arteta would have been hoping for a more spirited showing against the rampaging Liverpool side.
Arsenal won’t be playing in Europe next season for the first time in 25 years.
They qualified for Europe in each of Arsene Wenger’s 22 years at the club. pic.twitter.com/YM36kTV55b
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 23, 2021
To be fair, Arsenal did hold their much stronger opponents at bay for more than an hour. After that, the floodgates opened up once Trent Alexander-Arnold started weaving his magic. Diogo Jota grabbed a brace in between a customary goal for Mo Salah. The Gunners offered nothing in attack, magnified by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s quiet game.
A rare away victory at Arsenal for @LFC…#ARSLIV pic.twitter.com/MzNSK28UNE
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) April 3, 2021
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