Missing football? Arsenal and Liverpool were due to play today - here's what happened when they met in August

It was early in the season and everything was still up for grabs

Joel Matip celebrates after giving Liverpool the lead towards the end of the first half during the Premier League match against Arsenal at Anfield on August 24, 2019. Getty

Mohamed Salah adds the second goal from the penalty spot after 49 minutes. Getty

Mohamed Salah celebrates his strike. Getty

Salah congratulated by Virgil van Dijk. Getty

Salah scores his team's third goal after 58 minutes. Getty

Arsenal's Lucas Torreira scores the Gunners' goal after 85 minutes, a consolation in the 3-1 defeat. Reuters

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and David Luiz of Arsenal have a discussion during the game. Getty

Liverpool's James Milner places his foot on the ball. Getty

Ainsley Maitland-Niles of Arsenal and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Liverpool battle for possession. Getty

Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool  controls the ball. Getty

Arsenal players argue with the referee over a yellow card for David Luiz. Getty

Unai Emery, then the manager of Arsenal, looks on in front of Jurgen Klopp. Getty

It is now 54 days since the Premier League was last in action, and football fans are really missing their match day thrills.

The final game before the pandemic lockdown was Leicester's 4-0 win over Aston Villa, a comfortable home win for the Foxes that left Villa in the relegation zone.

Since then every game has been postponed, and on Friday there was no decision about when football will attempt to resume. Or, indeed, if it will even try and complete the 2019/20 season.

If the campaign had continued as normal, today would have seen one of the standout fixtures in Premier League football, Arsenal at home to Liverpool.

It's a match up full of history over the years. When the two clubs met in August at Anfield, fans were blissfully unaware of the coronavirus pandemic heading their way, and also that Liverpool were game three into a stunning run of league victories that would last until February's unlikely defeat at Watford.

If you're missing your football, here's the match report from that day at Anfield, and the story of the game is in the picture gallery above. To see the next image, just swipe.