Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened
Irrespective of what happens to Manchester City over their financial rule breaches, Arsenal remain the Premier League’s team to beat.
Key points
- Kai Havertz’s goal was enough to give Arsenal their first win at Anfield since September 2012 and take them three points clear at the top of the table So where is the game?
- It was a game when Arsenal showed their ruthless side and all of the champion knowhow that they accumulated over the course of last season.
- In particular, I expect they’ll ask Bradley Barcola to target the space left when Riccardo Calafiori goes off on adventures, with Alexander Isak pulling away for cut-backs and shooting quickly with little backlift, while Florian Wirtz looks to slip passes in behind – if he can work quickly enough in the maelstrom of the match.
Mikel Arteta was in the Arsenal midfield when the club last won a league fixture at Anfield; it was in September 2012, although his memories are a little hazy given the concussion that he sustained in a collision with Jordan Henderson.
Liverpool will look to get men around the ball when Arsenal have it, opening the pitch for switches should they win possession.
Additional details
- And when they don’t, they’ll run like mad to recover it, stretching play and passing forwards, facilitating that by conserving energy every now and again when Nyoni slows the game down.
- They headed back to London having made a statement.
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